Our Amuri Garden Tour is an overnight tour taking place on Thursday 27 October. As well as discovering eight local gardens in the Amuri Basin – from formal and refined to extensive and colourful we enjoy Culverden’s iconic Christmas Country Fête . Loch Leven Garden & Nursery Mike & Doreen Dryden Mike & Doreen have … Read More
See the photos from our latest show. Amazing chrysanthemum blooms, delicate bonsai, playful posies….
Trees Talk…. Come and hear them at St Peters Church Corner on Sunday 20th March at 2.00pm. Walk the church grounds with Botanist and retired Professional Forester Dennys Guild who will describe some of the 147 magnificent specimens that we take for granted. Free entry Afternoon tea available after the ramble Please contact: Pamela O’Brien … Read More
March late Summer and the start of the early Autumn season is a time of harvest and preparation for Winter crops. Apples and pears are at their very best and nothing can compare with the flavour of tree ripened fruit. There is still plenty of colour in the flower garden, to keep the flowers in … Read More
Congratulations to all our Summer Garden Award winners, especially Bronwyn & Peter McNicholl whose Northcote garden (pictured here) won 1st & Premier Garden Awards.
MEDIA RELEASE From: Canterbury Horticultural Society Date: 16 February 2016 Primary school students from all over Christchurch have been planning, planting, watering and building their very own garden installations in preparation for the 2nd Oderings School Gardens Show. Presented by the Canterbury Horticultural Society (CHS), the Oderings School Gardens Show opens on Friday 11 March … Read More
[one_half]Where were you born and where did you spend most of your childhood? Born in Cape Town, South Africa, where I spent my childhood and most of my adult life. Where do you live now and with whom? My husband, David passed away four years ago, I still live in the same house on the … Read More
MEDIA RELEASE From: Canterbury Horticultural Society Date: 11 December 2015 From flaxes to buxus – it’s time for Christchurch gardeners to sharpen their edges and shine their grasses. The Canterbury Horticultural Society (CHS) invites dedicated garden owners to show off their blooming Summer gardens in the Society’s annual Summer Garden Awards. The CHS Garden Awards … Read More
Please fill out the form below to submit an entry to the 2017 Summer Garden Awards. Entries close on Wednesday 1 February 2017. Judging takes place Sunday 5 February 2017. We will confirm your entry via email. If you do NOT hear from anyone please contact the office on tel: 366 6937 or send an email to office@chsgardens.co.nz Thank-you … Read More
Special thanks to all our members who led and participated in our display at the A&P Show. I saw many people talking to us there and this is an important part of our outreach programme. Christmas is almost upon us and we are all planning family events. There is no better environment for this than … Read More