Family Silver
Honorary Member, Neiel Drain gives wonderful insight into the commitment and dedication of many past, and present members, and their contribution to the Society’s various flower shows and garden competitions over many decades.
News
View from the Deck – Garden shows & the Garden City
A garden show is essential for Christchurch the Garden City. Recent decisions by the Christchurch City Council are very encouraging for the development of our own show. More importantly is the idea that garden and horticultural people will be consulted in Christchurch. However that does not mean we should be waiting around to be consulted. … Read More
July 2014 Quiz Time Q & A
On which Christchurch Street, Road or Avenue would you find the following: The Sanitarium Company McLean’s Mansion Templeton Daffodils St Barnabas Church Coulter’s Nursery Portstone Nursery
Saving a Life
I am not a horticulturalist, nor am I an avid gardener. I have, however, dabbled in gardening both indoors and outdoors with pot plants and the traditional veggie patch sticking to the easy stuff like potatoes, tomatoes, silver beet, carrots, cabbages, lettuces etc. I must admit there’s always been a great sense of satisfaction as … Read More
Beauty in the Wild
I was born and bred in Rochdale, an industrial town in Lancashire on the outskirts of Manchester nestled under the nearby Pennines. Like Christchurch it suffered from chronic air pollution as its natural tendency to winter inversion layers laden with dirty smoke from “those dark, satanic mills”. Despite this my curiosity to know what was … Read More
View from the Deck – June 2014
View from the Deck Alan Jolliffe Over the weekend we were able to have lunch on the deck and I reflected on the talk given by Prof Dave Kelly at the CHS last week. In a nutshell he told us that birds are really important in spreading native plant seeds and shifting pollen from one … Read More
June 2014 Quiz Time Q & A
What is the National Flower/Plant of these countries? France Holland Ireland Japan Switzerland
Providing Community Leadership
“Demonstration gardens” is one of four key CHS strategies. It will require committed and ongoing leadership from the Society and its members. Of necessity it will create an interface with community groups and local authorities and it potentially could become a rich source of new members. The strategy has parallels with the “Britain in Bloom” … Read More
From the President – June 2014
How lucky our members are with the number and quality of events our volunteers are giving their time and energy to organize. In the last month we have had the first of our new Speaker Series with Professor Dave Kelly giving a fascinating power point presentation on how our native birds and native plants rely … Read More
Our Changing Direction
In a recent newsletter I outlined the Society’s changing strategic direction. Articulating a strategic vision is relatively easy. Achieving it is, however, a tad more difficult.