Nzffa Nelson Branch

17/10/2024

Alternative Forestry Species Field Day
Tunnel Creek Evergreen Forest, 20th April 2024

From Propagation to Market !

An amazing Field Day from back in April
A lot of great conversations were had .

A big thanks to all the speakers for some engaging content .

Thank you to everyone who attended .

Stay tuned for updates on future field days

If you would like to hold a field day in the Nelson/Tasman region

Please let us know!

09/04/2024

Tree People …. We have a special field day on Saturday 20th April featuring “Alternative Species”

Please make sure you register on the NZFFA Website Under Events

Alternative Forestry Species Field Day “From Propagation to Market”
10am, 20th April 2024 at Tunnel Creek Evergreen Forest
Visit Bevan Walker’s outstanding forest which includes over 40 Species of
trees grown as alternatives to Pine Trees. Many have reached maturity. We will
study the top 7 species which have proven to be the most commercially
viable.
Meet at the start of Tunnel road on the Northern side of Spooners.
Travel up Tunnel road to the access road leading into the Walker Forest.
Nelson Branch NZFFA signs will point the way from the start.
Agenda :

10am Meet on site

10.15am Intro/safety brief

10.20am Presentation by Bevan Walker Planting to Marketing. A brief
history

10.40am Forest tour, Bring hardy footwear

12 noon Meet back at car park. Presentation by Robert & Eric Appleton.
Propagation to planting

12.30pm Presentation Justin wells “logs to lumber” Milling &
Marketing

1pm Travel back to the Foxhill hall for light refreshments

1.30pm Presentation by Matt Stuart. The ETS option

1.45pm Presentation by Te Uru Rakau. Changes from the top, future
options

2pm field day closure

Please register at NZFFA.co.nz website. For more info email PJ at
[email protected] or call Murray on 0210409979

17/02/2024

A big thank you to all whom came to our Field day on the 10th of February it was a great turn out

We would like to thank Justin and the Team at ''logs 2 lumber ltd''
and Chris and Gerry from ''Mosaic Aotearoa'' for the all engaging content

attached are some photos of the day

if you would like to know more and see more of what Both Logs 2 Lumber ltd and Mosaic Aotearoa are up too Please see the links bellow

https://www.facebook.com/logs2lumberltd
https://www.mosaicaotearoa.com

Stay tuned folks for the next farm forest field day

21/01/2024

Members, Another interesting field day for you.

10am 10 February 2024

We will visit
Justin Wells of Logs2Lumber ltd
and their Wood-Mizer bandsaw mill permanently located in the Ngatimoti vicinity where they have been sawing a variety of wood species from local sources

Justin will show us his quarter sawing method for generating stable boards from stress prone eucalyptus.

He has just completed a house lot of eucalyptus quarter sawn for flooring. This will air dry on site for a year before further processing.
Justin will pass on some of what he has learned milling and drying hardwoods and native timber.

After lunch

We will have a presentation by Chris Ensor of Mosaic Aotearoa, a new forest advisory and project management service. I have asked him to address what he refers to as “low intervention” silvaculture, or lack thereof, concerning self regenerating pine forests.

While his company doesn’t necessarily advocate this forestry regime, Chris will discuss the prospective markets, challenges, and management of this type forestry.

Chris will also explain their coming effort to generate a forest register and how it works. This is a no cost service which will most benefit the small grower to get his product out there.

I will send out directions and any programme changes in the week before the field day. We will start at 10am, have a break for lunch about midday and start up again about 1pm.

Logs 2 Lumber ltd Sawmill site is just off the Waiwhero Road and will be marked.

Any Questions call PJ at 5418456

15/11/2023

Field Day This Saturday

November 18th

Description as Follows ...

First we will visit Dean Walker’s Kaka Hill native forest where they have been logging and milling for several years under a sustained management permit.
Dean will fill us in on the maintenance and management of a native forest under permit and describe his experience milling beech. Dean is also interested in development of a “geospatial “ web based tool to connect forestry/timber related industries. Dean will be able to explain what this means and how the tool might serve us.
Directions: go south on State Hwy 6, past Kohatu and Quinney’s Bush and turn off left at the Korere-Top House Road (goes through KiKiwa). About 10km along we’ll have a sign at the Rainy River Road taking you off to the right. Follow the signs to Alan Gully Road.

We will return to the Kohatu Café about noon for lunch, a drink and chat, then head out about 1 o’clock to visit W***y Cameron. Target time is 1:30pm at W***y’s. His property and base are at the old Golden Downs Village. He will show us the mixed species he has growing here and describe the utilization of circular verses bandsaw mills. As well he’ll explain his philosophy of developing a polycultural diversity over a monoculture. This should generate some good discussion.
Directions: from the Kohatu corner head back toward Nelson. Just 3-4km along turn right onto Valley Road. This goes past the Golden Downs Golf Club and is an alternate route to KiKiwa and Top House. There will be a sign at W***y’s place where Valley Road joins Stock Road. Old Golden Down’s Village is hidden in the trees at this corner. If coming from Nelson turn off State Hwy 6 just pass Belgrove, left up Wai-iti Valley toward Top House and St Arnaud. The road changes name to Stock Road where it is joins 88 Valley Road but keep going another 6-8km to the Golden Downs Village corner. There will be a sign, don’t pass the gun shooting range.

Hope to see you there. Any questions, contact PJ at 035418456, or Murray at 0210409979

02/05/2023

Free workshop coming up folks,

If Your interested in trees, come and hear about the opportunities in growing trees for timber, for protecting your land and for storing carbon

Thursday 11th May at Club Waimea 3pm-6pm

Light Refreshments will be provided after the workshop .

If you would like to come along or want to know more please

Email
[email protected]
Or call Tony on 03 5418392

02/05/2023

Welcome Folks .. This is the page for the Nelson branch of the New Zealand Farm Forestry Association

Stay tuned for more information on future field days and events within the Nelson/Tasman region.

Seeking to become a member of the branch ? for further information about the New Zealand Farm Forestry Association and all it has to offer head over to

Farm forestry is a community of people that have been growing trees in New Zealand since 1957. We, as a collective, are the leading researchers of alternative species and support anyone that is keen on getting more trees in the ground.