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Canterbury Horticultural Society

Canterbury Horticultural Society

  • Contact
  • MEMBERSHIP
    • Become a Member
    • Member Discounts
  • ABOUT
    • Welcome to the CHS
      • CHS Board & Staff
      • Annual Reports
      • Rules of the Canterbury Horticultural Society
      • Terms & Conditions
      • Copyright Policy
    • Products for Sale
    • CHS Calendar
    • Use of the Kiosk
    • CHS Member Groups
      • Fruit & Vegetable Group
      • Christchurch Chrysanthemum Group
      • Floral Design Group
    • Affiliated Groups
      • New Zealand Alpine Garden Society
      • Canterbury HERB Society
      • New Zealand Lily Society
      • Christchurch Paeony Group
      • Affiliated Societies & Contact Details
    • Garden Clubs
      • Garden Clubs Guide Line Constitution
    • CHS Garden Register
    • Awards and Scholarships
      • Awards
      • Jeannie Dunlop Scholarship
      • P C Browne Scholarship
  • NEWS
    • Monthly Newsletter Archives
    • Latest Podcasts & Radio Stories
    • Monthly Tips & Tasks
    • Recent Photos
    • Latest Articles
    • Book of the Month
    • Herb of the Month
  • Workshops & Courses
    • Stone Fruit Pruning
    • Establishing Fruit Trees
    • Pip Fruit Pruning
    • Fruit Tree Grafting
  • Projects & Events
    • All About Gardening
      • Monthly Tips & Tasks
    • Ramblers
    • Bot Tots
    • Orchards in Schools
    • Edible and Sustainable Garden Awards
    • Winter Speaker Series
    • Ōtākaro Orchard
      • Ōtākaro Orchard Planting Day
      • Ōtākaro Orchard Beginnings
      • CHS Sponsors Ōtākaro Orchard Project
    • Oderings School Gardens Show
      • 2018 Results
      • 2017 Results
      • 2016 Results
      • 2015 Results
  • Resources
    • Hort Q & A
    • Monthly Tips & Tasks
    • Green Thumbs in Canterbury Podcast
    • HortTalk Facebook Group
    • Oderings Plant of the Month
    • Herb of the Month
    • Landscape Design Tips
    • Other Resources
      • Other Resources
      • Canterbury Farmers’ Market Directory
      • How to put Nature into our Neighbourhoods
      • Gardening & Horticultural Quizzes
      • Recipes

News from your local Garden Centre

April Plant of the Month – T-Rex Begonia Ruby Slippers

April Plant of the Month – T-Rex Begonia Ruby Slippers

News from your local Garden Centre, Oderings Plant of the Month, Plant Forum, The Flower Garden

T-Rex Begonia Ruby Slippers What a great show again this year for the Oderings School Garden Competition. We love having the opportunity to help encourage the gardeners of our future, and what a stella job they did again this year. Say goodbye to a muted space of green houseplants and say hello to colour with … Read More

March Plant of the Month – Calibrachoas

March Plant of the Month – Calibrachoas

Autumn Gardening, News from your local Garden Centre, Oderings Plant of the Month, The Flower Garden

I love the non-stop flower power which Calibrachoas have to offer. They start flowering from early Spring, and with a little haircut in early Summer they come away with even more flushes of flowers which will continue until frosts. These callies are perennials, and as long as they don’t get too wet in Winter, they … Read More

February Plant of the Month – Swan Plants

February Plant of the Month – Swan Plants

Junior Gardeners, News from your local Garden Centre, Oderings Plant of the Month, Plant Forum

Swan plants are in hot demand this Summer, everyone wants the happiness of watching a caterpillar turning into a beautiful butterfly especially children, there’s something so fascinating about it and not to mention is very educational as well.

December Plant of the Month – Gazania Wild

December Plant of the Month – Gazania Wild

News from your local Garden Centre, Oderings Plant of the Month

The reaction when people see the Gazania Wild series is WOW! We all know and love gazanias for a hot and dry area in gardens or pots, but the huge flower size, and bold clarity of colour in this series is a serious show stopper. This easy-to-grow, hybrid treasure is ideal for pots, borders or … Read More

May Plant of the Month – Coprosma Pacific Sunset

May Plant of the Month – Coprosma Pacific Sunset

News from your local Garden Centre, Oderings Plant of the Month

Coprosma Pacific Sunset is a striking evergreen plant grown for its vivid red foliage with burgundy/chocolate brown markings. This contrast plant is stunning in pots or the garden and works well in mass plantings. This versatile plant can also be used as a low hedging plant, reaching around 1m tall with an upright mounding habit. … Read More

April Plant of the Month – Michelia Fairy White

April Plant of the Month – Michelia Fairy White

News from your local Garden Centre, Oderings Plant of the Month, Plant Forum, The Flower Garden

Don’t forget about Odering’s annual sale which runs from now until the 10th of April. All plants are 25-50% off.

March Plant of the Month – Euphorbia Lipstick

March Plant of the Month – Euphorbia Lipstick

News from your local Garden Centre, Oderings Plant of the Month, Plant Forum, The Flower Garden

An attractive plant ideally suited to a patio or protected area, lipstick will flower freely in late Winter, Spring and Summer with best results in well drained soil, and a drier environment in Winter.

December Plant of the Month – Dwarf Italian Lavender

December Plant of the Month – Dwarf Italian Lavender

News from your local Garden Centre, Oderings Plant of the Month

Dwarf Italian Lavender – Joyful Series Introducing the new Dwarf Italian Lavender Joyful series. This lovely wee Lavender stays compact with grey-green foliage topped with deep beautiful flowers. Choose from Joyful Cherub or Joyful Bliss. Very showy in pots or the garden. Available from Oderings Garden Centres www.oderings.co.nz

September Plant of the Month – Brown Boronia

September Plant of the Month – Brown Boronia

News from your local Garden Centre, Oderings Plant of the Month, Plant Forum, Spring Gardening

Spring has sprung and we are so excited we’ve wet our plants! But in all seriousness spring always feels like the season of scents to me, and at the top of this list of the ever popular daffodils and daphne is a must have plant, the brown boronia. These are in full bloom, so you … Read More

June Plant of the Month – Lilium Regale

June Plant of the Month – Lilium Regale

News from your local Garden Centre, Oderings Plant of the Month, Plant Forum, The Flower Garden

Lilium Regale Or should I say Xmas Lily as we commonly know them. The bulbs are sold now until July so that they create the lovely flower and scent we all associate with Christmas. Although you can plant them in the garden if you grow them in pots you can bring them indoors enhancing the … Read More

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The Society's membership extends throughout New Zealand and overseas and its comprehensive programme includes garden and native garden awards, a National Garden Register of open gardens to visit, education courses, touring programmes including walking groups and providing advice to gardeners. The Society also has a number of specialist circles, over fifty Garden Clubs and many affiliated groups. The Canterbury Horticultural Society Incorporated is a registered charity in New Zealand.

Awards

The CHS won two Gold awards at the 2014 Ellerslie Flower Show for its Grandad’s Shed exhibit including one for the lighting and the CHS Begonia Circle won another Gold award for its exhibit in the Hort Galore section.

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