The Fabulous Fruit Tree group

This fun 2 minute clip (a big thanks to www.waiheke.tv) shows the energy behind the Fabulous Fruit Tree initiative, which has the vision for Waiheke becoming the Fruit Bowl of the Hauraki Gulf, and has set a target of 20,000 fruit and nut trees planted on public and private land over the next 10 years.

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Here volunteers singing as they lay down cardboard and mulch to suppress the aggressive Kikuyu grass on the property (the old Surfdale Post Office). Interviews are snappy and to the point, and the last one is with Roberto Perez, taken while he was visiting Waiheke in March.

Planting of 35 species of trees will begin at the beginning of August.