On Sunday 19 April 2026 we aim to plant 350 woodland trees, shrubs and forbs
in the two areas shown in the attached images. The areas have already been
staked out to show the planting positions.
This planting activity will ultimately result in these once weed infested
low-quality parts of the Red Hill Nature Reserve becoming high quality
woodland areas in the coming years.
These plantings will complement the 370 plants that were planted on 22 March
2026 in an adjacent area, and will bring the total area planted to over 2ha.
We will need a very good turn up of volunteers to get this important job
done.
There will be no need to dig holes for the plants as the Parks and
Conservation Service will dig all the planting holes with an auger.
There will be a range of tasks to be carried out including planting, tree
guard assembly, mulching, staking and watering. We need volunteers to bring
buckets and watering cans. We also need volunteers to bring mallets to
knock the stakes into the ground.
If you intend to come to the Planting Day it would be greatly appreciated if
you could register on
info@redhillregenerators.org.a
enough volunteers and how much equipment we need to bring
Location: Park and assemble at the top end of Rusden Street Garran by 9am.
We will then walk to the planting site where a task and safety briefing will
be held. Around a 10-minute walk to the work site. Morning tea at around
11am at the work site. The planting activity to end by no later than12.30
pm.
Conditions: Sloping grassy land.
You bring: Water to drink, hat, leather gloves, long sleeved shirt, long
pants essential, eye protection, sunscreen, solid enclosed shoes, buckets,
watering cans and mallets. BYO morning tea.
Work will finish at 12.30pm but may be curtailed in hot or wet weather.
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Cancellation: The activity will be cancelled by email (if possible), no
later than 8am on the activity day, if rain/wind is forecast which could
make planned work potentially hazardous, high temperatures before midday are
forecast, total fire bans are announced, air pollution is ‘hazardous’ or
other official restrictions in force. Note: The Red Hill Regenerators Group
is advised by the ACT Parks & Conservation Service and the information
below:
1. ‘
<http://redhillregenerators.or
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fieldwork in extreme conditions’, which addresses extreme temperatures and
poor air quality, as measured by PM2.5 levels (to obtain up to the minute
information about air quality, there are a number of Apps, including the ‘
<https://air-matters.com/index
2. ‘Volunteer Fieldwork through Covid19’ latest update;
3. Information at:
<https://www.covid19.act.gov.a
elf> https://www.covid19.act.gov.au
4. the Volunteer Policy and Code of Conduct can be accessed from the
ParkCare Hub Home Page on the right hand side under “Files”
<https://app.betterimpact.com/
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