Community

Community Garden, Jadewynn Drive, Massey

This community garden started as a spontaneous response by several Rotarians looking for a project to do during the 2011 annual District Conference. 

Having found a community member, Matt Harper who was bursting with ideas and motivation for making a vege garden which would draw local people together and use some waste land in the neighbourhood, Waitakere Rotary decided to get in behind Matt and other locals to make it a sustainable community garden. 

This project has involved Kerry leveling out areas for gardens and future seating area; sourcing and delivering free soil, Alan finding cut-price timber for the garden beds; Phyllis organising a working bee to get the gardens built, Craiger coming up with a special design for a future gazebo for shelter, and support from other members of the club.

Photos of the garden and the December Community/Rotary working bee are in our 7th Dec Club Bulletin

Trees for Survival

Teaching students about planting out

The Rotary Club of Waitakere acts as a Supporting Organisation enabling two schools to participate in the Trees for Survival programme.

The Club joined the Trees for Survival program in our Jubilee Year, 1995, in conjunction first with Matipo School and then Te Atatu Primary School.

The Trees for Survival programme is an environmental project approved by the Rotary Districts of New Zealand. Since its beginnings in 1991, the programme has grown to have nationwide coverage with plant growing units in nearly 150 NZ schools. This involves some five thousand school children planting more than 75,000 trees each year by the schools participating in the programme.

Trees for Survival Brochure
Auckland Council Information
Western Leader 1995 Trees For Survival Article