2015 Spring Garden Award Results
View the results from the CHS 2015 Spring Garden Awards and see a selection of stunning garden photos.
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Special Skills Workshops
Worm Farming with Dougal McEachen is the next Special Skills Workshop. 10am-12pm Saturday 20 June. Learn how to: Start & grow a worm farm; Jump-start & maintain the Tumbleweed Can-O-Worms; Improve garden compostImprove garden soil; Recycle organic wastes.
ADMISSION PRICES: Free to CHS, $10 non-members $5 students
Purchase online by clicking HERE or from the CHS Office
Thailand – Chiang Mai Flower Festival
28-January – 10 February 2016 13 Days of Colour & Culture Chiang Mai – the Rose of the North (full) Every year on the first weekend of February, the Chiang Mai Flower Festival takes place featuring a parade, flower exhibition and the Miss Chiang Mai Flower Festival competition. The hills and valleys of Chiang Mai … Read More
Congratulations to our Spring Garden Award Winners!
Home Gardens by Class Class 1 McMillan Brown Challenge Award Winner with a 4 Star Plus Garden Peter Lawrence, 1 Watermill Boulevard, Northwood Class 2 Lindsay Russell Challenge Award Winner with a 5 Star Garden Peter Van Der Zee, 9 Clipper Place, Redwood 4 Star Plus Garden Carol Skinner, 26 Applefield Court, Northwood 4 Star Garden Kevin … Read More
October 2014 Quiz Time Q & A
Just Passing
Test your geographical knowledge!
1. Sumner to Lyttelton
2. Loburn to Lees Valley
3. Fairlie to Tekapo
4. Culverdon to Waikari
5. Seddon to Blenheim
2014 Annual Report
The Canterbury Horticultural Society’s Annual report for 2013-2014 year is now available. Download a copy here or come into the office for a hard copy version.
Spring Garden Awards 2014
Entries are now closed Judging: Sunday 5 October 2014 Entries may be lodged at any time up to the closing date with the Society’s office. Download the 2014 Spring Garden Awards Entry Form GENERAL INFORMATION One of the principle objectives of the Canterbury Horticultural Society is to assist home gardeners. With this end in view, garden … Read More
View from the Deck – Edible Garden Awards
Recently I was able to be part of the Edible Gardens Awards in two City Community Boards – Lyttleton-Mt Herbert and Shirley-Papanui. Great evenings and wonderful to meet these people who put so much into their plots of land. BUT like all evenings it got me thinking. We live in changing times.
It’s the Gardens, but not as we know it…
As the leaves fall from the poplars and oaks in Hagley Park, from my office window I can now see the water of Victoria Lake glistening in the distance. Two things spring to mind. First, while the waters of Victoria Lake and the Botanic Gardens ponds are not quite sparklingly clear when viewed close-up, it is certainly good to have them filled once more. We are told it will be some time before the original wildlife returns to these newly clay-lined water bodies.
My second thought was that before too long the views from our offices in the Botanic Gardens operations centre and nursery area will change forever as we expect to embark on the carefully planned process of demolishing the old and constructing the new Botanic Gardens Centre (sometimes referred to as an Entry Pavilion).