Weedbusters Dirty Weekends

Weeds are wrecking our natural areas - bush, coastal areas, wetlands, and parks and reserves – by crowding and smothering out the native plants that should be growing there. Many of these weedy ornamental species are still growing in peoples’ gardens, and are spread into natural areas by birds, wind and the dumping of garden waste. Spring is the perfect time to get into the garden and have a clear out in time for a new planting season. During spring each year, Weedbusters encourages gardeners to ‘have a dirty weekend in their own backyard’, by identifying any weedy ornamental species that might be growing on their properties, and replacing them with non-weedy alternatives from local garden centres.

Register now for your Dirty Weekend pack, and be in to win!

Everyone who registers here during September 2010 receives a copy of the ‘Plant Me Instead’ booklet for their region*, a copy of the ‘Weedbusting’ booklet, and is automatically entered into the draw for a Gardening New Zealand gift card loaded with $500! If you are the lucky winner, and have chosen to tell us on the registration form (in 300 words or less) about your efforts to make your place a weedfree space, this gift card value is doubled to $1000. The first 50 registrants also get a FREE full-colour 2011 Weedbusters Calendar. *Weedbusters Plant Me Instead booklets are not available for Northland, Auckland and Wellington. Central Districts booklet goes to print end of September and will be posted out then. Proudly sponsored by:

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Diary of a Dirty Weekend

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