Treemendous School Makeover Winners Named
1/12/2011
Four New Zealand schools have been selected to receive a Treemendous School Makeover – a joint initiative by the Mazda Foundation and Project Crimson Trust.
Dress with ‘Pride’ this Summer
31/08/2011
Dress with ‘Pride’ this Summer and keep New Zealand’s native trees blooming
Wellington on a plate
5/08/2011
Project Crimson and Ata Rangi are set to show off their exceptional partnership in August when they swap cutlery for spades during New Zealand’s premier culinary festival
Wellington on a Plate - News Release
26/07/2011
Get out of the office and back to basics this August – with excellent NZ wine, great food, and the planting of native trees.
Rapaura School plants a Treemendous new garden
25/05/2011
Over 100 students, teachers and members of the Blenheim school community were out in force over the weekend to dig in for Rapaura School’s Treemendous School Makeover
Treemendous Makeover Westshore Primary School April 2011
12/04/2011
Westshore Primary School creates Treemendous new outdoor area
Treemendous Makeover Spotswood Primary School March 2011
11/04/2011
Spotswood Primary School creates Treemendous new outdoor area
Living Legends Launch
15/02/2011
Living Legends, a community conservation initiative uniting rugby and conservation in 2011, was officially launched in Christchurch last week....
ORUA AND WATTLE BAY COASTAL AREA SET TO RETURN TO CRIMSON
8/02/2011
The crimson flowers from 100 pohutukawa, supplied by the Project Crimson Trust, will soon be a welcome sight to visitors and members of the Orua Bay and Wattle Bay community...
Te Manutuketuke Walkway Signs
8/02/2011
Peter Gibson, from the Paikea - Whitireia Trust, applied for funding through Project Crimson in 2010 as he wanted signage to the "Te Manutuketuke Walkway"...
Spotswood Primary School wins Treemendous Makeover
2/12/2010
Spotswood Primary School is one of four schools selected nationwide to receive a Treemendous School Makeover – a joint initiative by the Mazda Foundation and Project Crimson Trust...
Westshore School wins Treemendous Makeover
2/12/2010
Westshore School is one of four schools selected nationwide to receive a Treemendous School Makeover – a joint initiative by the Mazda Foundation and Project Crimson Trust...
Rapaura School wins Treemendous Makeover
2/12/2010
Rapaura School is one of four schools selected nationwide to receive a Treemendous School Makeover – a joint initiative by the Mazda Foundation and Project Crimson Trust...
Epuni Primary School wins Treemendous Makeover
2/12/2010
Epuni Primary School is one of four schools selected nationwide to receive a Treemendous School Makeover – a joint initiative by the Mazda Foundation and Project Crimson Trust...
Treemendous School Makeover winners announced
2/12/2010
Three schools in the North Island and one in the South have been selected to receive a Treemendous School Makeover – a joint initiative by the Mazda Foundation and Project Crimson Trust...
Celebrating Conservation and Rugby Legends in 2011
26/11/2010
In an effort to celebrate community conservation and rugby an exciting new project called Living Legends has been kicked off in preparation for Rugby World Cup 2011. ...
Kerry Fenton-Johns Art Exhibition
15/11/2010
Dunedin Airport will this month open a special solo art exhibition by leading Otago artist Kerry Fenton-Johns, featuring pohutukawa - the New Zealand Christmas tree.
KIWI KIDS LEARN ‘VIRTUALLY’ EVERYTHING ABOUT NEW ZEALAND’S NATIVE CHRISTMAS TREE
9/11/2010
Next week thousands of primary, intermediate and secondary school students from around the country will participate in a virtual field-trip to Whangarei to learn about New Zealand’s native Christmas tree, the pōhutukawa....
Vote for your favourite plant 2010
4/11/2010
Having picked their favourites in the local body elections, Kiwis can now vote for their favourite native plant in the Plant Conservation Network’s annual poll via the Network website...
St Mary’s add some red bloom to their school
19/10/2010
When Project Crimson sent out the word that extra pohutukawa were available in the Tamaki region, plenty of schools, community groups and local council groups put their hands up for some of our iconic species...
Seeing Red
9/09/2010
Visitors to the islands on Lake Wanaka will be seeing red in the coming years, as they will be ablaze with rata flowers, thanks to Project Crimson and volunteers from the local community....
Your ticket to Fashion Week could be in a pohutukawa tree
9/09/2010
In a brilliant mix of ecology and fashion, Project Crimson and Starfish designer Laurie Foon have teamed up to give fashion lovers the chance to be guests at New Zealand Fashion Week this year...
Onepoto is transformed
9/09/2010
Titahi Bay School Environment group swapped their school books for spades last Thursday to help plant 750 Northern Rata gifted by the Project Crimson Trust to the Porirua City Council...
Starfish Eco-Show at New Zealand Fashion Week
31/08/2010
Win 2 tickets to the Starfish Eco-Show at New Zealand Fashion Week in Auckland by purchasing a Project Crimson Bloomer tee...
Satellites Assist in Moturata Restoration
20/07/2010
A 20 year long environmental restoration project on Moturata Island 45km south of Dunedin, has not only seen the regeneration of rata trees....
Project Crimson plants at Hauraki Gulf Marine Park
22/06/2010
Visitors to the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park coastline will soon be enjoying the bloom from even more pohutukawa after Project Crimson recently provided another 50 pohutukawa to be planted on Te Kouma Farm...
New Zealanders to plant 13,000 pohutukawa and rata in 2010
1/06/2010
This year, volunteers in communities all around the country will plant 13,000 eco-sourced pohutukawa and rata following the 2010 Project Crimson annual funding round...
Native grove for Albany Primary School
26/05/2010
In a final Treemendous effort of 2010, Albany Primary School receivd a native garden makeover on 22 May...
Bucklands Beach Primary School transformed
28/04/2010
The Treemendous team along with teachers, parents, children and others from the community of Bucklands Beach in Auckland turned out in full force on Saturday 24 April to help transform an area on the edge of the school field into a native garden...
Treemendous Makeover for St Joseph’s School
29/03/2010
An area out the back of St Joseph’s School in Waitara has been transformed from an ‘out-of-bounds’ swamp to a native wetland area after the Treemendous team visited the school on Saturday 20 March to help complete a Treemendous School Makeover...
Bartlett's rata voted third favourite plant in New Zealand
18/03/2010
Kiwi’s love and concern for one of its most endangered species shone through after it was voted New Zealander’s third favourite plant in the Favourite Native Plant poll run by the New Zealand Native Plant Conservation Network...
Ata Rangi continues to support Project Crimson
12/01/2010
Conservationist, winemaker and Ata Rangi founder, Clive Paton chats to Hannah White from Project Crimson about his work with rata, the success of his Crimson label wine and his ongoing commitment to Project Crimson...
Winners announced for a Treemendous School Makeover
12/11/2009
Four New Zealand schools have been selected for the third round of the annual Treemendous School Makeovers, a joint initiative between Project Crimson and the Mazda Foundation...
Kiwi kids learn virtually everything about NZ
11/11/2009
In October 2,000 primary, intermediate, and secondary school students from around the country participated in a virtual field-trip to the North Island’s east coast to learn about New Zealand’s native Christmas tree, the pōhutukawa...
New Bloomers coming soon...
16/10/2009
In a brilliant mix of ecology and fashion, Project Crimson and designer and eco-advocate, Laurie Foon of Starfish have teamed up to...
School community gets stuck in for Papatoetoe North School Makeover
8/09/2009
Children, parents, teachers and keen locals worked all day on Saturday, 5th September for Papatoetoe North School’s Treemendous School Makeover, the final makeover for 2009...
Project Crimson and Meridian help plant 900 native trees in Redcliffs Valley
11/08/2009
Hundreds of native trees and shrubs were planted by Meridian staff, Project Crimson, Christchurch City Council and members of the community for a restoration project in the valley at the head of Barnett’s Park (Redcliffs, Christchurch) on Saturday 8 August...
Philip Simpson awarded Loder Cup
5/08/2009
The awards just keep on coming for botanist and Project Crimson Trustee, Philip Simpson...
Arbor Day makeover for Ian Galloway Park
5/06/2009
Project Crimson led the transformation of high profile sports park, Ian Galloway Park, on Friday 5 June, with the planting of 2,500 native plants
Philip Simpson awarded $100,000 Michael King Fellowship
2/06/2009
Botanist, Takaka resident and founding Project Crimson Trustee, Philip Simpson, has been awarded the $100,000 Creative New Zealand Michael King Writers’ Fellowship.
Hedgehope School Treemendous Makeover
8/03/2009
The Treemendous team visited Hedgehope School on Saturday 7 March to carry out their native garden makeover along with the school and members of the local community.