Charlesworth Reserve Community Planting Event
May 3 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Free
Sunday, 3rd May 2026
10am till 12 noon
Charlesworth Street Reserve, situated on Charlesworth Street (off Ferry Road).
Bring along family, friends and a spade.
Members of the public are warmly invited to join us planting at Charlesworth Reserve to establish native trees and shrubs supplied by Trees for Canterbury and supported by the Christchurch City Council Regional Parks Team.
Charlesworth Reserve covers 20 ha and has been developed over the last 19 years as a restoration of key estuary-edge ecosystems including a tidal lagoon, salt-meadow, salt-marsh and coastal bush. Following on from the initial installation of culverts to allow tidal flows to enter the reserve and coverage of the site with a mix of planted and self-regenerated indigenous vegetation zones, the next phase has begun which includes the new cycleway, new bridges and additional walking tracks, installation of new way-finding and plant ID signage, habitat diversification, and an up-scaled predator control programme aimed at making the reserve a safe receiving area for reintroductions of locally extinct butterflies, insects, lizards and birds.
For further information regarding this event or for photo requests:
Steve Bush Trees for Canterbury Ph 9821028 or 027 2973829 info@treesforcanterbury.org.nz