Wild Things 161
Leaves
Highlights include:
- How we can use leaves to identify plants
- How to explore the leaf litter, and grow your own leaf litter garden
- Composting 101 and an epiphytes scavenger hunt from Forest & Bird Youth
- The amazing things that different parts of leaves do
- How different leaves are suited to different environments
- The biggest, smallest, weirdest & rarest leaves in Aotearoa
- How you can use harakeke pia | sap/gum to make paint, and how to weave a putiputi | flower from a single blade
- Animals and plants that are leaf impersonators!
- Why leaf-eating manu are so rare
- And heaps more!