The Permaculture Garden works in harmony with nature and uses
recycled materials. Worm composting is in operation and two 'water
recycling' ponds flow down into Spicer Botanic Park to help clean
the stormwater runoff from the nearby properties.
At this Entrance there are Reedbeds that are quietly cleaning
the water, installed by the Porirua District Council to demonstrate
and educate reedbed technology while cleansing the water off the
landfill road.
There are two types of reedbeds, the top one is a surface flow
reedbed and the water is on the surface , the lower one is a gravel
bed and the water flows though a gravel substrate.
Research has shown that reedbeds can efficiently treat and
remove silt, bacteria, nutrients, hydrocarbons and heavy metals
from the water. The construction cost for these reedbeds was less
than the cost if Council converted the water to the stormwater
system and they cleanse the water where a culvert does not. The
reedbeds were planted in October 2003 using native wetlands
plants.
FOR YOU SAFETY PLEASE KEEP OUT OF
THE WATER
The cache a clear 200ml sistema when placed had the following
items.
Logbook and pencil
Plastic Spider
Two Glass Marbles
Please NOTE that if you must sign
the logbook for each individual cachers or proof of a photo for
group logs, otherwise your log may be deleted.
Please hide the cache exactly how
you found it as we dont really want it to get muggled as they can
appear without notice
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