Monthly Tips & Tasks – August

Monthly Tips & Tasks – August

Fruit & Vegetables, Monthly Tips & Tasks, Winter Gardening

August is the last month of Winter or the start of Spring? This is my annual quandary because it is a bit of both; cold and wet at the start then becoming milder as the first signs of growth and flowers appear. This is the time when we should complete Winter pruning and spray programmes on fruit trees and plant new fruit trees, and berry fruits.

Monthly Tips & Tasks – July

Monthly Tips & Tasks – July

Fruit & Vegetables, The Flower Garden, This Month in the Garden, Winter Gardening

Winter has arrived and the weather is its usual mixture of wet, cold and windy. The sunshine hours are below the average for this time of the year too, making it feel much colder and wetter than it really is. Strong winds have caused damage to the trees and other plants in the garden. Its important to repair this damage as soon as possible, do this by pruning out the broken branches to healthy wood.

Junior Gardeners Programme

Affiliates, Junior Gardeners

[one_half] Join this enthusiastic group of children who meet for practical gardening activities and to learn the science of good gardening. Age range 8-14yrs. Canterbury Horticultural Society Offices 2/153 Lichfield Street Third Thursday of the month 3.45pm – 5.00pm [/one_half] [one_half_last] Coming Up [/one_half_last]

Update an Established Garden

Landscape Design Tips, Resources

Kowhai Thompson provides some simple tips for a garden renovation One question we face when we purchase a property or when we have lived in the same place for some time is: how do we update this garden?  What do we keep? What do we remove? How do we tie this whole garden together? Gardens … Read More

Oderings School Gardens Show 2017 Media Release

Media Releases

MEDIA RELEASE From: Canterbury Horticultural Society Date: 7 March 2017 From Emerald City to Amazon Rainforest – prepare to be enchanted this weekend at the 3rd Oderings School Gardens Show as the children explore the theme of “once upon a time….” Presented by the Canterbury Horticultural Society (CHS), the Oderings School Gardens Show opens on … Read More