Sunflower fundraiser for wetland restoration, riverside walkway
Ruamahanga Farm on Martinborough’s outskirts has nine hectares of “huge yellow sunflower blooms” on offer during a mid-February Sunflower Festival to help raise funds for its wetland replanting and planned riverside walk.
Ruamahanga Farm Foundation member Jane Riddiford said the guided weekend walks will traverse a “restoring wetland” and “the development of a public walkway by the river.”
As well as the Inaugural Sunflower Festival, visitors will also be able “to see how a traditional stock and crop farm is transitioning into a regenerative farming venture.”
Along with the huge sunflower blooms goes what she calls “a colourful understory of other beneficial species.” … Continue Reading
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