A group of volunteers are on a mission to rid Wellington, capital city of New Zealand, of Old Man’s Beard, a vine that smothers native bush.
Following on from their success in clearing Old Man’s Beard from several reserves, the Old Man’s Beard Free Wellington (OMBFW) group now plan to clear the vine from the suburb of Highbury. Old Man’s Beard (Clematis Vitalba) is a vine that spreads rapidly in the New Zealand climate, smothering our native bush.
Old Man’s Beard Free Wellington is a volunteer group set up to educate and engage the public in Old Man’s Beard identification, monitoring and control. Over the last few years, they have cleared several reserves of Old Man’s Beard and have advised residents on how to control Old Man’s Beard. The group now aims to rid the Highbury suburb of the vine, from the Zealandia Te Māra a Tāne fenceline down to Norway Street’s Backyard Bush Project.
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