Spring Clean Whakatū Nelson

This October, we’re inviting you to help spring clean the city

We all love our little city, and Nelson City Council always makes sure it looks pretty great. But we know it could look even better! We’re putting the call out to all property owners and retailers to show your pride by making the city really sparkle.

Pull on some rubber gloves
Grab a bucket of soapy water
Shine those windows
Sweep the footpath
Wash away the dirt and grime
Clean up graffiti tags
Weed, prune and plant garden spaces
See some new artworks come to life

Art Projects

14 New Street

Nelson Electricity Ltd Green Link Box 5920
Mini mural site for artist

Working in conjunction with Arts Council Nelson
97 Bridge Street

Nelson Electricity Ltd Link Box 16208
Mini mural site for artist
Working in conjunction with Arts Council Nelson
221 Trafalgar Street

Nelson Electricity Ltd Link Box 16020
Mini mural site for artist
Working in conjunction with Arts Council Nelson
32 Bridge Street

Nelson Electricity Ltd Link Box 16195
Mini mural site for artist
Working in conjunction with Arts Council Nelson
Hardy Street / Church Street

Nelson Electricity Ltd Link Box#
Mini mural site for artist
Working in conjunction with Arts Council Nelson

To celebrate a job well done with Spring Clean Whakatū Nelson we held The Great Picnic Day.

Gallery

Cleaning Projects

Working Bee #1

6 x volunteers for 1.5 hours
Cleaning tagged posters
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Working Bee #2

3 x volunteers for 2 hours
Paint touch up
Paint strip and ready for install of Heritage Bike Panels
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Graffiti Removal #1

2 x volunteers for 1 hour
Cleaning tagged posters, removal of graffiti tagging and touch up paint
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Removal of Tagging & Graffiti

Private property owners: have your tagging removed by our Specialist Graffiti Service
Make/Shift Spaces is trialing this service for Private Property Owners based on a model that operates in Porirua by a not-for-profit organisation like us.
Make/Shift Spaces will invoice you for our efforts at a reasonable rate.
Contact anne@makeshiftspaces.nz

Gardening Projects

Selwyn Place Garden #1

4 x volunteers for 1 hour
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Selwyn Place Garden #2

2 x volunteers for 1 hour
Planting & mulching

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Alma Street Garden

Planting & mulching

DATE: Friday 18 October
8.30 am start
Supervised by Nelmac
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New Street Gardening

Removing the small tree & mulching
DATE: Friday 18 October after Alma Street Garden
Supervised by Nelmac

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Art Projects

We’ve got some art projects in the pipeline - watch this space!

The Theatre Royal is getting into the Spring Clean spirit by sprucing up its outside lockbox, and we’re teaming up with a talented local artist to create a vibrant mini mural. Be sure to keep an eye out for this stunning new artwork—it’s going to be a fabulous addition!

Scott Construction, Placemakers and Bays Joinery are springing into action by supporting a major community art project on the hoarding outside a construction site on Nile Street.

Watch this space!

Get Involved

We're encouraging businesses and groups to initiate their own projects to support the campaign. It might be cleaning, planting, or a general tidy up - a little effort has big results in making our city look so much better.

Remember to let us know how you plan to contribute to the Spring Clean Whakatū Nelson initiative.

You can also join volunteer teams in enhancing our community spaces by revitalising gardens and removing graffiti.