Arbor Day

Wellington has been announced as a Tree City of the World for 2020!

To celebrate all the wonderful trees we have in Pōneke, you can bring your friends and whānau down to the Wellington Botanic Garden Ki Paekākā for a fun day of free tree climbing for kids and nature activities on June 5 from 10am-2pm.

The event will be held at The Lady Norwood Rose Garden and the tree climbing will be suitable for kids aged 5-13 years.

There will be friendly arborists from NZARB on site to help with the climbing, and all equipment will be provided. If you feel like staying on the ground, you can join in some nature play activities with Kiwi Conservation Club. You might even be able to take home a tree from Kererū Discovery that helps feed our Kererū friends.

This event is run by trained tree climber volunteers and supported by the New Zealand Arboricultural Association. Safety is an absolutely priority for our arborist volunteers - kids will wear a special safety harness and with the help of our NZ ARB arborist experts will get to climb a tree (as high as they are comfortable).

In the lead up to Arbor Day, you can also take part in KCC’s ‘Be with a tree’ campaign and vote for Aotearoa's favourite tree and spend some time with the special trees within your community. Visit here to vote for Aotearoa's special trees - https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx...