The famous saying of many hands was certainly true at the Athenree Wetlands planting last Sunday.
Department of Conservation ranger Pete Huggins said the numbers speak for themselves - 75 planters, 4000 plants, three hours, several boxes of bottled water and 100 sausages.
So the let's plant 9000 plants is certainly achievable.
Waihi Beach Environment Society Inc member Brian Hepenstall said they now have 5000 plants to complete the 9000 required to be planted this year.
"What we are proposing now is to bring 1000 plants a day to the wetland on each of the next five Sunday afternoons to get the planting finished."