Forest Home Covenant
Forest Home was first settled and farmed by Richard Theophilus Tankersley (Lyn's Great grandfather) late 1860's. He set aside this patch of bush to be protected & preserved.
Lyn & Hayden purchased Forest Home in 1982 and in February 2013 preserved this 1.02 hectares as a QE2 National Trust Open Space Covenant. The trust helped with completing the fencing and provides on-going support with pest eradication and maintenance advice.
This tawa/titoki lowland forest has a wide variety of native fauna & flora including the Gastrodia orchid and that "living fossil" Peripatus.
We provide personal & group tours of the covenant. Several tracks have been made allowing visitors access to the interesting features with many of the plant labelled.
