Growing Roses
This tour will unveil the many facets of rose growing – from fresh made cuttings to full grown bushes.
$20 per person CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS
Tours
Tour Report Hinewai Reserve & Fisherman’s Bay
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
Summer Gardens Walkabout
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
Norfolk Island Tour Report
Soon after landing on Norfolk Island we were met by the President and members of the local garden club who put on the friendliest of greetings and a most welcome afternoon tea at the home of Jane Evans (head gardener, Government House). This relaxing time set the tone for our experiences for the remainder of … Read More
A Day on the Peninsula Tour
Tuesday 27 January 2015 9am – 5pm Hinewai Reserve Our host Hugh Wilson has invited CHS Members to explore this 1250 hectare reserve in the southeastern corner of Banks Peninsula. The reserve takes in most of the Otanerito and Stony Bay Valleys, and the head of Sleepy Bay Valley; it ranges from the 806m subalpine … Read More
Melbourne Flower Show
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Hinewai Reserve
Hinewai is a 1250 hectare reserve in the southeastern corner of Banks Peninsula (east of Akaroa). It is owned and managed privately by the Maurice White Native Forest Trust but freely open to the public who walk its 16 kilometre network of tracks and liken it to a mini National Park on the doorstep of … Read More
Tours – a changing scene
Horticultural tours have been an important activity of the Society for many years or should I say decades. Starting around 1985 under the direction of the late Margaret Watling they initially were restricted to a Spring or Autumn garden visit plus an out-of-town sojourn. Under Margaret’s tutelage Freda Hunter took over in 1986 and the … Read More
Spring into Daffodils
Thursday 4 September 2014 10.00am – 3.00pm Leeston Half Day Tour to David Bell’s Daffodil Farm Enjoy a tour and talk with hosts Stu & June McLachaln with an opportunity to pick your own bunch of quality Daffodils to take home. Followed by afternoon tea at Silverwood, Jo Free’s graceful country garden, laid out with … Read More
Norfolk Island
2-9 November 2014
8 Day Tour
A unique destination and a land of true unspoiled beauty, an island rich in history and filled with scenery that is breathtakingly beautiful, welcome to Norfolk Island.