Monthly Tips & Tasks – November

Monthly Tips & Tasks – November

Monthly Tips & Tasks

Early Spring has arrived with the usual changeable weather typical for this time of the year. This year is no different with the challenge of wet ground from the wet Winter just finished and with the soil at field capacity we will need to be careful when working the ground so as not to damage the soil structure. READ MORE

2017 Spring Garden Award Results

2017 Spring Garden Award Results

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Congratulations to all our gardeners whose gardens were a real pleasure to judge this year, especially to Brian & Janet Lovelock whose garden was awarded Gold, and the PREMIER award. Click here for all the award results.

Get to know Gaynor & Roger Allen

Member of the Month

Where were you born and where did you spend most of your childhood? Gaynor was born in Timaru, was educated and worked there until 1967 when Roger and she married. Roger was born in Motueka, educated in Dunedin, and moved to Timaru. We have been married 50 years in October, and wherever we shift to … Read More

From the President – September 2017

From the Board

Two wonderful talks last month have made my year First was Gwen Grelet at the last All About Gardening where she talked about soil and all the soil fungi that help our plants to grow. Science has moved on rapidly with smarter microscopes, photography and analysis of soil borne organisms. It was mind boggling to … Read More

Ōtākaro Orchard Planting Day

Ōtākaro Orchard Planting Day

News

Due to a successful crowd-funding campaign which generated $60k the FRN organised the planting of fruit trees. President Alan Jolliffe demonstrated the correct planting technique, then a team of 150+ volunteers, including Mayor Lianne Dalziel (pictured above) and Regeneration Minister Hon Nicky Wagner, went about their business with relish!