In recent newsletters we have featured the Orchards in Schools project in which project managers Michael Tennant and Sasha Goburdhone established fruit and berry orchards in five Christchurch schools last year. That was the “easy” bit. The schools have confirmed that they need help to maintain the orchards and so with your help we’re about to implement a three tier support programme. CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE
To have a Society we need members of all ages. To make it function we need Volunteers. Volunteering is the surest way to make friends. The annual garage sale is a prime example for all of this. Started 17 years ago and developed to its current state of efficiency we need to especially thank Ruth … Read More
Which plant has this clothing or accessory in its common name? Slipper Bonnet Glove Cap Purse
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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