Around 40 members attended this year’s AGM held on 4 September. Two new Board members were elected – Rachel Vogan and Aaron Keown. Amendments to the CHS rules were passed to dispense with membership cards, allow the co-option of the immediate past-president to the Board and to change the quorum from 5 to “a majority … Read More
Oderings are proud to offer you the commercial strawberry variety for 2014 called Aromas. This strawberry offers consistently large to very large fruit which is red with pale flesh. It has a great flavour with a firm texture. Best of all it is heavy yielding, and is especially suited to the Christchurch climate. Buy online … Read More
The month of October is one of the busiest times in the garden. The days are now longer than the nights and along with the higher temperatures plant growth from now on will be very rapid. Flower Garden Keep the water up on daffodils so that they grow well to produce next season’s flowers, also … Read More
Tuesday 25 November 2014 9am – 1.30pm Recognised as one of the very best gardens in New Zealand, Ohinetahi has a strong structure created from a series of “rooms” including a walled red garden, formal rose garden and large herbaceous border leading to a gazebo. There is so much to see and learn in this … Read More
Recently our Ramblers walk took us along River Road and Banks Avenue. We were all shocked by the devastation that is so obvious there. In the City all is a grey wasteland; here this area is still green and although so many houses are gone, many of the gardens, trees and shrubs remain. Dianna Madgin’s … Read More
An early Spring walk around Ohinetahi with iconic Canterbury architect, Sir Miles Warren gave us a sneak preview of Winter projects completed, and the chance to hear about what’s in store for Summer. The surplus Charteris Bay sandstone from the original homestead has been an inspiration to Sir Miles in the development of the Garden … Read More
Just Passing
Test your geographical knowledge!
1. Sumner to Lyttelton
2. Loburn to Lees Valley
3. Fairlie to Tekapo
4. Culverdon to Waikari
5. Seddon to Blenheim
The Canterbury Horticultural Society has introduced two new categories of awards to acknowledge “outstanding services to horticulture and gardening in Christchurch and Canterbury”.
They are the John Taylor Award for Leadership in Horticulture and the Outstanding Horticulturist Awards.
The Canterbury Horticultural Society’s Annual report for 2013-2014 year is now available. Download a copy here or come into the office for a hard copy version.
By Hunter Calder The Canterbury Horticulture Society Winter Speaker Series was so successful they are looking to repeat it next year. Board remember Ray King said the inaugural series had been great and there had been several interesting topics over four months. Ecologists Professor Dave Kelly and Dr Colin Meurk, landscape architect Di Lucas and … Read More