Happy winter solstice and here is your reminder to plant your garlic.

The June solstice on Thursday the 22nd of June is 5 hours and 4 minutes shorter in terms of daylight hours than the summer solstice in New Zealand.

We have reached the milestone of two million EmGuards sold this month! Here Emma shares her thoughts about the journey from the first spark of an idea to this point.

Just like that, May has flown by and what a great month it has been. The planting season has been off to a great start, and we couldn’t ask for a better team for the job.

And just like that it is mid-autumn.

This time of year is just stunning, with the trees changing colour and crisper mornings alluding to winter just around the corner. For the conservation industry, this is an exciting time of year as we are finishing our site prep and starting to put plants in the ground.

Welcome to Autumn.

We can’t believe how quickly the days are getting shorter and are certainly enjoying that lovely crispness in the morning followed by some gorgeous days, but oh my goodness, have the wasps exploded in the last few weeks.

Mid-February already and what a month it has been! Drought, flooding and cyclones are just some of the challenges. The country doesn’t seem to be catching a break. Our hearts go out to those who have been affected by these unprecedented events.

Mid-January already and some nice summer weather to usher in the new year.

We hope you all had some time to relax, eat good food, enjoy good company and some time to reflect and gather strength for the coming year.

The team at FuturEcology have been involved in restoration work in the Waimea Estuary, trying to re-introduce glasswort (Sarcocornia quinqueflora), a species of succulent halophytic coastal shrub, and other saltmarsh species such as oioi, Juncus krausii and saltmarsh ribbonwood to an area of old gravel pit and road.

It’s that time of year again when we are on the rapid slide to Christmas and it’s a good time to reflect and review 2022.

Hello from the team at FuturEcology & EmGuard ™. Isn’t it just great finally having a summer feeling in the air.

Hello from the team at FuturEcology & EmGuard ™.

What an incredible month it has been. Dunedin shivering in snow last week and Nelson suffering a river of rain three weeks ago. It certainly makes for interesting, if somewhat challenging times.

Welcome to the August 2022 update.

The Ōhau Conservation Trust has planted about 3500 native plants alongside Lakes Ōhau and Middleton in the last 10 or so years. The Trust started using EmGuards in 2019, after deciding the days of plastic and wire plant protectors were over!

Hello from the team at FuturEcology & EmGuard ™

As Matariki draws to a close, we hope you have all been able to take the time to reflect on the year that has been, and look ahead to the next 12 months.

We hope you are staying dry. If you are like us and in the middle of your planting season, I am sure you are a little over the rain. Here we were, worrying about a green drought and how dry the ground was when we started the planting season and now we are awash with mud.

Hello from the team at FuturEcology & EmGuard ™. Read about our new product - TerraMulch Mats, our plantings, weed of the month and more.

In 2019, Mike Aviss from Marlborough District Council (MDC) introduced FuturEcology to Lucy Marshall from Patriach Vineyard Limited Partnership.

The 73 hectare vineyard, owned by My Farm Investments, has three areas identified as significant wetlands by MDC and My Farms were very keen to work at restoring these wetlands to their former glory.

Welcome to the April newsletter as we enter the run up to Easter and Anzac Day celebrations. Let’s hope this lovely weather continues for the break, and the it rains so we can all get started on the winter planting season.