Moore's Bush Reserve
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Moore's Bush Reserve, also known as Moore's Bush, is a small reserve in the suburb of Leith Valley in Dunedin, New Zealand.[1]
This 4-hectare reserve is a combination of remnant native forest and a former dairy farm that has been replanted with native species.[1]
A number of small streams, including the Leith, run through the reserve.[2][3]
Moore's Bush was purchased by Percy and Ellie Moore in 1945 who began restoring the open farmland to its natural state by planting native podocarp conifers and broad-leaved hardwood trees. Moore's Bush was bequeathed to the Dunedin branch of Forest & Bird by the Moore family in 1974 after Percy Moore died. An additional 2 hectares of forest owned by the Department of Conservation was added to Moore's Bush for the branch to manage in the 1990s.[1][3]