When & Where
Held twice a month starting with the first Monday evening of the month
7pm-9pm followed by the Tuesday morning
9.45am – 11.45am
The KIOSK
Christchurch Botanic Gardens
Members: $5.00
non-members: $10.00
Tea, coffee and biscuits included
AAG 2019
APRIL
Monday 1 | Tuesday 2
MAY
Monday 6 | Tuesday 7
JUNE
Monday 3 | Tuesday 4
JULY
Monday 1 | Tuesday 2
AUGUST
Monday 5 | Tuesday 6
SEPTEMBER
Monday 2 | Tuesday 3
OCTOBER
Monday 7 | Tuesday 8
NOVEMBER
Monday 4 | Tuesday 5
DECEMBER
Monday 2 | Tuesday 3
Don’t forget you can find a copy of Michael Coulter’s Monthly Tips & Tasks here
Join us at The Kiosk for a friendly meeting of like-minded gardeners and horticultural enthusiasts.
Every month the Canterbury Horticultural Society Events Committee secures an interesting speaker for the morning and evening meetings. This is followed by ‘Gardening Half Hour’, an informative session hosted by Michael Coulter.
JULY
Monday 1st 7pm & Tuesday 2nd 9.45am
Jane Lancaster from Catalyst Ltd joins us to talk about Food labelling and regulation: what do consumers look for, what is reasonable to deliver and what are the trends.
Jane is a founding partner of Catalyst Ltd. Jane has 30 years’ experience in innovation in the food and agriculture industry. She has experience with primary food production and processing; food safety, food regulations and food exporting; and biotechnology, extracts and nutraceuticals.
Jane is currently a Board member on Food Standards Australia New Zealand, and High Value Nutrition National Science Challenge and is a chartered member of the NZ Institute of Directors.
Her education was at Canterbury University (B.Sc. Hons 1st class) and she is a professional member of New Zealand Institute of Food Science and Technology. Jane was made a Member of the NZ Order of Merit (MNZM) in 2006 for services to commercialising innovation.
Following this there will be a slideshow presentation of Brian and Janet Lovelock’s images of the Singapore Garden Show.
The KIOSK
AUGUST
Monday 5th 7pm & Tuesday 6th 9.45am
Ruud Kleinpaste (Monday evening only)
Luke Martin, Christchurch Botanic Gardens, Curator of Native Plants (Tuesday morning only) on growing and propagating native plants.
The Kiosk
SEPTEMBER
Monday 2nd 7pm & Tuesday 3rd 9.45am
Greg Byrnes from Te Kohaka Trust on regeneration
The Kiosk
