Keith Young leads the A Rocha local group in the Manawatu where they have a native plant nursery at Longburn. The local group has been raising eco-sourced native plants for local planting projects here in the Manawatū since 2007, producing over 30,000 seedlings to be planted back in the environment. The plant propagation nursery at Longburn is fitted out with shade houses and an automatic watering system thanks to generous donations. As well as growing from seed, they receive seedlings of native plants from people’s gardens and sections in Palmerston North to pot on. There are usually over 4000 plants in the nursery at any one time.
