Every winter we plant hundreds of thousands of trees, shrubs and grasses in our parks, alongside our rivers and across the whenua.
As well as helping make the places we live and play become more beautiful, planting increases and improves habitats for wildlife, helps prevent soil erosion, and improves water quality.
Help improve your environment – get out and get planting!
We can’t do it alone! We depend on lots of partners, volunteer groups and people like you getting out there alongside us to get their hands dirty getting plants in the ground.
Winter Planting Events
Check out the list of public planting events below. Registrations are now open.
Sunday 1 June
Karaka Reserve, Riversdale
Saturday 14 June, 2025
East Harbour Regional Park - Burdan's Gate Entrance
Sunday 6 July, 2025
Queen Elizabeth Park
Saturday 13 July, 2025
East Harbour Regional Park
Sunday 20 July 2025
Battle Hill Farm Forest Park - meet by the Dell
Getting to our planting events
To get to our winter planting locations you will most likely need to go by car. Please note at most of our parks, parking is limited, so please plan to get there early or carpool.
Transport may be available to some of our events - we will make it clear in the event details when this is the case.
Cancellations
Winter weather can be unpredictable. If we need to cancel an event, we’ll let you know on our Facebook events page and via email if you’ve pre-registered.
Find out more
Community planting days contribute to Greater Wellington’s Recloaking Papatūānuku parks restoration programme.
If you would like to find out more about doing your part at one of our planting events, please contact events@gw.govt.nz, call 0800 496 734, or check Facebook for more details.
Get in touch
- Phone:
- 0800 496 734
- Email:
- info@gw.govt.nz