We are ecovitalists. We have been in the horticulture industry for 30 years, making our plant knowledge second to none. Our blog shares our thought leadership and and our mission to enhance ecosystems in New Zealand.
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A bubble of life: how to restore vitality into an ecosystem.
An ecosystem is defined as any “biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.” But we really like the definition that our old friends at National Geographic use: “An ecosystem is a geographic area where plants, animals, and other organisms, as well as weather and landscapes, work together to form a bubble of life.”
We want to see New Zealand teeming with life.
We’re ecovitalists at heart – we believe in the power and beauty of nature and we think Mother Nature is really the one in charge. We say that she’s really our only client. So when we looked around we saw that she had many priority projects and the clock was ticking on all of them.
Chasing the Nectar Flow
The season starts when the flowers arrive in the Far North and the daytime temperature is warm enough to generate and secrete the flow of nectar into the flower. Nectar is produced by glands called nectaries. Nectaries can be located on any part of a plant, but the most familiar nectaries are those located in flowers (called “floral nectaries”).