Name: Charlesworth Street Reserve Community Planting Event
Start: 2026-05-03T00:00:00+12:00
End: 2026-05-03T02:00:00+12:00
Location: Charlesworth Street Reserve

Charlesworth Street Reserve Community Planting Event

Members of the public are warmly invited to take part in a planting event at Charlesworth Street Reserve on Sunday 3rd May to establish native trees and shrubs, supplied by Trees for Canterbury, and the Christchurch City Council's Regional Parks Team, and in conjunction with the Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai Trust.
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.
The event is scheduled between 10.00am and 12.00pm on Sunday 3rd May at Charlesworth Street Reserve, situated on Charlesworth Street (off Ferry Road).
Bring along family, friends and a spade.
For further information regarding this event or for photo requests:
Steve Bush Trees for Canterbury Ph 9821028 or 027 2973829 [email protected]
Andrew Crossland CCC Ecologist Ph 0274 341155 [email protected]