Greening Taupo News
Our Supporters- Upflow
Our work is made possible by the extensive support of the wider Taupō community and we thought it was time to start sharing these stories of generosity and collaboration with you. Introducing Upflow.
Upflow Community Planting day Wairakei Drive - Saturday 18 May 2024
An amazing community planting event on Wairakei Drive was held in May, 🌳 a great turnout from the community to plant 1700 native plants expanding the Upflow forest.
Community Planting this Saturday from 11am
Community Planting this Saturday from 11am, Wairakei Drive.
Love Taupō Trail Festival Planting Day powered by Supercars
The first planting day of the season rounded up the events of the inaugural Love Taupō trail Festival powered by Supercars.
First Community Planting Sunday 28th April
🌿🌳 Join us for a celebration of community and nature at the first community planting of the season, as part of the Love Taupō Trail Festival! 🌳🌿
2024 Community Planting Day Calander
The 2024 planting calendar is out; mark all these dates in your calendar now.
The Goat & Tussock Traverse: Grab a friend for a weekend away as an event Volunteer!
Come and volunteer with Project Tongariro. They have some fantastic events coming up again this summer and they need volunteer course marshalls and volunteer BBQ teams to feed the troops! So grab that mate you've been
Community Planting this Saturday
Wrap up warm and come to our community planting on Saturday, alongside the beautiful Waikato River, below Kahurangi Gully, Rangatira Park. This one starts at 10 am
Community Planting this Saturday with Contact Energy
Wrap up warm and come to our community planting on Saturday morning, brought to you with the amazing support from Contact. Native Planting 🌳 sausage sizzle 🌭 and Cake🎂 what a great start!
Contact Energy community plantings with Greening Taupō
Greening Taupō community plantings started with a Contact Energy planting on 1st of June 2013.
Cyclone Gabrielle and Wairakei Drive
Cyclone Gabrielle left a trail of devastation and heartbreak throughout the North Island
Taupō Golf Club Project Birdlife Planting 2023
The first community planting of the season was a great success, with a huge turnout of over 150 people coming out to the golf club to plant over 2000 native plants.
First community planting Sunday 2nd April
Planting starts at 10 am - remember daylight savings finishes this weekend.
Come along and join in on the fun :)
2023 Community Planting Day Calendar
Our 2023 Community Planting Day calendar is here! Mark all these dates in your calendar now.
Give trees this Christmas
Give trees as a Christmas gift. Need a gift idea for your team, clients or family and friends? Gift something that looks after the environment AND supports a local community group this Christmas.
2022 Planting Season
It has been another successful planting season for Greening Taupō. Over 25000 native plants were planted during our 10 community planting days, and 3000 + volunteers helped us plant them.
Annual Contact Planting 2022
Contact Energy continues to plant 1000’s of native trees within the Taupō area. They annually join up with Greening Taupō to support a planting event along Wairakei Drive for the community, as well as providing additional trees for the Taupō Golf Club planting.