
Wicked Weeders
The Wicked Weeders are a group of all round good sort locals who share a passion for Greening Taupo and love to get out and about and muck in!
They meet every Tuesday and revisit many Greening Taupo and Kids Greening Taupo planting sites and to give them a bit of TLC by the releasing of plants, weed control and sometimes just finishing off a few things that got missed.
This is a really important part of Greening Taupo mahi and it determines the success of each and every site and we couldn't achieve this without the help of the Wicked Weeders.
You are more than welcome to join the Wicked Weeders team, come along when you can on a Tuesday everyone is welcome!
Sign up below and you’ll be on the list to find out where we are off to next!
The Wicked Weeders meet at different sites each Tuesday
Summer hours 9:30am - 11:30am (Oct thru May)
Winter hours 12.30pm - 2.30pm (April thru Sept)
It is weather dependent…we don't go if its too wet and there is always a cuppa, biscuits and a good natter to finish off.
We ask you to wear suitable footwear, hat, gardening gloves and wet weather gear if required, Useful tools to release weeds are good but not essential as we do have some tools available.
Hi all🌱Tomorrow we’re heading back to the Tauhara Rd 2025 Arbor Day planting site. Our top priority will be replanting and checking that all the plants are sitting snug in the ground. See you there from 1230!
Hi all, We are preparing for the GT Day Arbor day planting 🌳you can join us at 10 am tomorrow, we’ll start by filling the pre-dug holes with vermicast and then laying out the plants. It would also be a huge help if we could clear the site of any tripping hazards. See you there
We could be in for a dry afternoon. Let’s head to last year’s big GT Day planting site along Tauhara Road, beside the golf course. we’ll check on how the plants are doing collect any bamboo that’s no longer needed, straighten any leaning stakes, and tie up any plants that need extra support.
Hi all, we’ll return to the Rotary Ride planting site tomorrow (Tuesday) to tidy up, check the plants and pop in a few extra plants where the gazebo was set up. See you there from 1230
The Wicked Weeders’ plan for tomorrow is to head out to the Rotary Ride planting site along the bike track. We’ll tackle some broom along the boundary of the planting site—cutting and pasting as we go🌳See you there
Hi Wicked Weeders - We’ll be heading back to the Wairakei Drive Upflow planting site tomorrow (Tuesday, 1230pm) to check all the plants that got planted over the weekend. 🌱 See you there.
Hi all. Tomorrow we are back to the 1230pm start time, we will be at the Upflow plantings along Wairakei Drive preparing the site for Saturday’s planting. See you there🌱
Hi all, wicked weeders, tomorrow, from 9:30 to 12, we’ll be planting some akeakes on the bank along Kiddle Road, near the Kiddle/Birch intersection.
See you all there. 😊
Tomorrow we’re keen to get some water on the new plants along karetoto Rd opposite the Huka Honey Hive, along with spreading some hay. Any help for tomorrow will be appreciated. 😊
Hi all, for Wicked Weeders on Tuesday from 9:30am, we will head back to Karetoto Rd to check all the plants that got planted in the weekend. 🌱 See you there.
We’re back at Karetoto rd tomorrow, gearing up for the planting day on April 5th. We will continue helping Andrew tidy up the 2024 planting area. See you there🌱
Tomorrow we’ll be working at Karetoto Road, opposite the Honey Hive. We’re gearing up for a planting day here on April 5th, so we’ll be tidying up the 2024 planting area, the Honey Trail, and preparing the site for our 2025 planting🌳
The Wicked Weeders made great progress at Acid Drop at Control Gates Park last week 🌳 We’ll be heading back tomorrow to (hopefully) finish the job. See you there!
Wicked weeders for tomorrow we will head to Control Gates and head over to the Acid drop planting to check on the plants 🌱
From the main carpark at the end of Country Lane, Spa Park.
We will cut and paste broom, blackberry, and flowering cherry trees through some KGT plantings
This Tuesday, we’re heading to the Matariki planting site alongside Rickett St. We’ll begiving the site a good check-up to make sure everything is thriving 🌱
For this Tuesday, we’re teaming up with KGT to support their “Show the Plants Some Love” event. At the 2024 Greening Taupō Day planting site, Tauhara Golf, Tauhara Rd to spread some mulch.
Tomorrow for Wicked Weeders, we’ll be heading to the bowl planting to clear some weeds. This is in the gully behind the large Crown Road planting site.🌳
Tomorrow, Tuesday the 4th, we’ll be meeting at the 2024 Spa Park planting site🌱 along Centennial Drive, opposite the AC Baths to tackle some weeds 😁
Welcome back to another year of weeding, planting, morning teas and making a difference! 🌱
Tomorrow, we’ll kick off the year at Hipapatua within the top winter camping area clearing Colovulus from the new plants.






