Evolving . . . Waitaki Community Gardens site and volunteer co-ordinator Ra McRostie is excited about starting the next phase of the gardens, through a community tree planting day. PHOTO: KAYLA HODGE
An opportunity to weave a personal connection into the legacy of the Waitaki Community Gardens is being presented to the community.
The gardens site is expanding and a community native planting day is being held to get things started.
The new area, next to the existing site in Chelmer St, had a connecting gate added last week, and a large mound had been created at the new site as a base for a “folk school”.
A new promotional video to raise the profile of Oamaru and the Waitaki district in the domestic tourism market was launched this week.
Oamaru and the Waitaki district are being showcased on Neat Places, a website and app listing things to do and see in a select number of cities and towns in New Zealand.
The campaign to feature Oamaru and Waitaki received up to $16,387 from the Waitaki District Council’s Covid-19 economic resilience fund and was also funded by featured local businesses, chosen by Neat Places.
Oamaru restaurateur Yanina Tacchini and artist Helen Riley-Duddin initiated the promotion by applying for the funding from the council’s $2 million support and stimulus package.