Purple Dew Removal - Love Nature Festival

Purple Dew Removal - Love Nature Festival

Help us manage a non-native and invasive plant species. Kindly sponsored by Jersey Electricity.

By National Trust for Jersey

Date and time

Wednesday, May 29 · 1:30 - 2:45pm GMT+1

Location

Sands Car Park

Grande Route des Mielles JE3 7FN Jersey Jersey

About this event

  • 1 hour 15 minutes

We will be holding a session, removing the Purple Dew plant from the coastal strips of St. Ouens Bay.

The Purple Dew Plant is an alien invader! It is a non-native plant species that has found its way onto the coastal strips of St. Ouens bay. Due to the plant thriving in sandy environments, if not managed correctly, the plant would otherwise blanket the grass and sandy areas of the bay, suffocating the growth of Jersey's rich and diverse native species that would normally thrive in this area. Purple Dew plant will also prevent some insects, such as solitary bees, from accessing their nesting sites.

So we really need your help to remove this ailen species from our coastline!

No tools are necessary and we will be hand-pulling the plant from the sandy ground, but please do bring your own gloves if possible.


We look forward to seeing you!


Kindly supported by Jersey Electricity.

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Website: https://store.nationaltrust.je/organiser/national-trust-for-jersey/