Janet & Brian Lovelock’s stunning garden was awarded the following in the recent Summer Garden Awards: Premier Garden. Tosswill Memorial Award: 1st. 5 Star Garden. Doyle Award : 1st. 5 Star Garden Special feature award: 1st Perennials and Annuals Special feature award: 2nd Vegetables. See more from the garden in the slideshow above. Full results … Read More
Inaugural Oderings School Gardens Show 2015 presented by the Canterbury Horticultural Society. The Canterbury Horticultural Society (CHS) will host the inaugural Oderings School Gardens Show over the period 6-8 March 2015. The introduction of the schools category in the 2014 Ellerslie International Flower was a huge success and the CHS wished to build on this … Read More
How do you espalier fruit trees?
The Council is suggesting that communities manage and maintain their own parks and reserves. The model being identified is that of a community garden. However each community is different and will want different things from their local park. I guess within each community there will be a variety of views. One model is not going … Read More
What is the main food source for the larvae of these insects? Monarch butterfly Yellow Admiral butterfly Magpie moth White butterfly Porina moth
Ingredients 5 small beets (raw, tops removed) 1/4 cup sunflower seeds 400g strawberries 100g feta Rocket or salad greens 100ml balsamic vinegar 1 Tbs honey Boil the beets until they are tender when you stick them with a knife. Let them cool down then remove the skins and cut into quarters. In a heated pan, … Read More
Welcome to 2015. The Board face many challenges this year as we strive to provide value and excellence in horticulture for our members. There are many hard decisions to be made for the future growth of our Society and we ask for whole-hearted support from you all as we face some very exciting changes, beginning … Read More
Smart planting for healthy bees Why Are Bees Important? Imagine a world without strawberries, kiwifruit, apples, nuts, coffee, chocolate or even denim jeans! And that’s only the beginning. One mouthful in three and nearly ¾ of the diversity of our daily food is directly attributed to Bee pollination. Billions of dollars in NZ export earnings depend … Read More
Michael Coulter’s Top Tasks February is one of the busy months of the gardeners’ year, during this time we are harvesting fruit and vegetables, weeding, watering, Summer pruning fruit trees, dead heading flowers and roses and getting the garden ready for the coming Winter. Tree ripened fruit is for me the real highlight at this … Read More
Where were you born and where did you spend most of your childhood? I was born in Dallington, Christchurch and have lived in that area all my life apart from 3 years living in the UK What aroused your interest in gardening or horticulture? My grandparents and parents have always gardened. At primary school I … Read More