Congratulations to all our schools! The School’s Choice Award went to Bromley Primary School with “The Chatter of Seagulls” Bromley Primary School The Chatter of Seagulls GOLD AWARD The Cathedral Grammar School A Bee Friendly Garden SILVER AWARD St Albans Catholic School Scented Night Garden GOLD AWARD West Spreydon School Trash to Treasure GOLD AWARD Aidanfield … Read More
A colourful group of 23 enjoyed this January day trip to the beautiful Hinewai Reserve and Fisherman’s Bay Garden. At Hinewai, Hugh Wilson, botanist and manager gave a most interesting talk, and I shall never look at gorse as a curse again. Hugh says “The trick is that gorse is used to re-grow natives. You … Read More
The central ethos underpinning the CHS’s strategic direction is that of sharing our horticultural knowledge and the sheer joy of growing one’s own fruit, vegetables and flowers. Right now there’s a strong drive within Canterbury towards community-based, edible gardens and we are seeking opportunities to collaborate with such groups and maybe get involved in joint … Read More
A beautiful sunny morning greeted members on their walkabout to the award winning gardens from the CHS 2015 Summer Garden Awards in Northwood. Trees and shrubs were a foil for the flowers. Dominant in the borders was tuberous and fibrous begonias, several of the newer varieties of petunias plus marigolds and salvia to name a … Read More
This beauty is called C. ‘Fairy Blush’. It was bred by Mark Jury and is a seedling of the camellia species C. lutchuensis. Camellia ‘Fairy Blush’ is classed as a miniature camellia. The flowers are light apple blossom pink fading to a paler pink in the centre and wonderfully perfumed. These masses of flowers are … Read More
Michael Coulter’s Top Tasks We are now getting well through Summer and have had to put up with some challenges, hot and dry weather especially, which has effected how the garden has responded. In the vegetable garden regular deep watering has given me abundant crops of high quality produce but I have needed extra fertilisers … Read More
Name two vegetable relatives of the native poroporo? What is the common name for raoulia mammilaris? What kind of tree is Tane Mahuta? Which medicinal native plant has the same name as a North Canterbury town? To which common garden plant is the Chatham Island myosotidium referred?
Ingredients 500g green beans, trimmed 2 tbsp olive oil 2 cloves garlic, crushed finely grated zest and juice of ½ a lemon 2-3 tbsp finely chopped kalamata olives Method Drop beans into boiling water and cook 3 minutes. Refresh under cold water and drain without shaking off all the water (you want them wet so … Read More
Member of the Month – Bob Henderson Where were you born and where did you spend most of your childhood? Born in Greymouth grew up in Blaketown by the sea. Where do you live now and with whom? In Bishopdale with my wife Merilyn. What aroused your interest in gardening or horticulture? My Father always … Read More
THE CATHEDRAL GRAMMAR SCHOOL Press Release Oderings School Garden Show 2015 Bee friendly! As the media bombards us with doom and gloom from the world of agriculture, the pupils of Cathedral Grammar have opted for a message of hope for their Oderings Schools’ Garden Show plot. ‘One-third of the world’s food is pollenated by bees,’ … Read More