Feilding

If you would like to help out with one of our projects, or have any suggestions of where we can help out please contact us, we'd love to hear from you!

Some recent grass roots work that has taken place in Feilding:

• Scouts and Cubs cleaned up Makino Streem.

• Lytton street school held a Litter-a-thon.

• Manawatu Garden Festival, ran over two days with 15,000-20,000 people attended.

• Removal of grafitti on town bridges and repainting them.

• The Kowhai flower has been a National flower for a century this was celebrated on the 10/10/2010 by planting 300 variations of Kowhai trees in Kowhai Park.

• Working on funding with Opus for Electric BBQ's in Kowhai Park.

• Arbor Day and Conservation Day were supported by planting by the public and Guides, Brownies, Pippins, Rovers, Cubs and Scouts.

• Best street signs were erected.

• Litter Awards given out.

• Childrens' Digital Photographic, colouring in and Poster Competitions.

• Swap-a-plant Day.

• A "Bird" corridoor has been planted along what was Railway Land but is now owned by our Council.

• Planting replacements in the Camellia walk.

• Retailer's plant growing competition (with a prize for the person who looks after thier plant the best.)

• Planned Christmas float.

• Planted Agapanthus on a cliff at end of a no exit street.

• Assisted Manchester Street School on Enviro Day.