Part of the protected Kaimaumau Wetland has been drained illegally and will take up to 10 years to recover, a local farmer ...

Some gardeners maintain that holly leaves or gorse sprigs scattered along seed rows will deter mice from digging up seeds. No. Poisoning in the garden could present far too high a risk to pets and ...

Some of the seeds to grow the trees and shrubs were collected by community ... They are also using protective layers of gorse, bramble and hawthorn, dead branches and deer proof-fencing to protect ...

Wildfires in California, bushfires in Australia and some significant vegetation fires across Aotearoa has brought global ...

Some of the seeds to grow the trees and shrubs were collected ... They are also using protective layers of gorse, bramble and hawthorn, dead branches and deer proof-fencing to protect saplings ...

When the family returned, they laid their tents out on the lawn to dry them out, inadvertently dispersing seeds that had pricked ... to stamping it out. Gorse, another prickly weed, has been ...

“In other countries, bush cleaning can be a way of preventing fires and encouraging seeds to germinate ... we risk enabling invasive plants like pampas, gorse and prickly hakea to dominate,” he says. ...