Mother of All Cleanups River Cleanup
This year was another great Mother of all Clean Ups. It was hosted by Richmond Community Garden and Riverlution, and We are Richmond and other volunteers cleaned up our local Avon and surrounding river.
Afterwards, all of the organisations volunteering for the Christchurch-wide Mother of All Clean Ups came to Riverlution Cafe for the after party hosted by Avon-Ōtākaro Network Conservation Volunteers NZ Cassels Brewing Co and other organisations with guest Celeste Donovan – Councillor for Coastal!! Healthy Rivers NZ
WE ARE RICHMOND
Richmond Gala 2026
Our Richmond Gala was another success. Thousands of people came for a great day out. We loved running the Children’s Play Area at Avebury Park.
Tidy Up Session Medway Parklet
Local neighbours gather together to tidy their corner parklet on Medway Street.
Petrie Park BBQ and Maintenance Session
Neighbours came together to tidy the Petrie Park plantings and to add bark over them. Followed by a community BBQ.
Avon Otakaro’s amazing spread
The after-party
The after-party
Celeste Donovan
Richmond Community Garden Riverlution Director Morgane and Donna from Conservation Volunteers NZ
Volunteer Patrick on the BBQ
Biking: a great way to get to the cleanup
The after-party
So many bags collected
Finding all sorts
River Cleanup
Found Care Bear
Morgane doing the pre-cleanup talk
The whole crew
Darryl from Healthy Rivers NZ
Jane from Richmond Community Garden accounts
Some of the bottles collected
Red Zone Find
Cleaning in the middle of the Red Zone
Chance to spend father son time together
River Cleanup
