PLANTING PROJECTS

Community planting projects in the mid north area are benefiting from a NorthTec horticulture programme at Ngawha prison. Inmates have been growing native plants as part of their National Certificate in Horticulture programme, which helps prepares them for life back in the community. The plants are added to the nursery inside the prison grounds, and donated to a range of community projects focused on riparian restoration. The group graduated from the horticulture programme on October 14.