Photo: Sharyn Smart
Volunteering to plant native shrubs and grasses on the Coastal Walkway, turned out to be harder work than expected for a group of Taranaki Brownies and Girl Guides.
About 100 girls, leaders and family members took part in a Provincial Outdoor Fun Day this month which incorporated the Great Living Legends Muck In.
The job of planting about 3000 native shrubs and grasses with other members of the public proved quite tough.
“I brought my own shovel and ending up bending it,” Brownie Keira Hills-Wilson, 8, said.
Girl Guide Laura Smith, 12, also found the going a bit tough.
“It was fun and hard work digging,” she said.