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GARDENING
EVENTS CALENDAR
This page provides links to and
information on New Zealand's Special
Gardening Events throughout the year. If you would like a
listing in Weekend Gardener magazine, please email robwg@xtra.co.nz.
Your information will also be included on this website.
April
2007 Gardening Events
13th Tomoki Uchiyama presents a floral demonstration “The World is Not Enough”, Maidment Theatre, Auckland University, 7.30pm. Tickets from the Maidment. Enquiries: Margaret Wilkin, email:
presidentfasnz@xtra.co.nz
13-14 National Floral Design Exhibition, cnr Titoki St and George St, Newmarket, Auckland, 9.30am-4pm. Features designs from Tomoki Uchiyama’s contemporary design session “Design To Die For” and the National Designer of the Year Competition.
13-15 NZ Tree Crops Association’s annual
conference, Unitec, Mt Albert, Auckland. Ph Marilyn Lees 09 411 8542, email:
lees@actrix.co.nz
14 Auckland Orchid Society Show, Hobsonville Community Hall. Ph 09 412 2991.
14 Manawatu Orchid Society Show, Senior Citizens Hall, Bowen St, Feilding,
9am-4pm. Free entry. Raffles & displays. Ph 06 358 3789.
15 Taste Rodney, food and wine show, 100 exhibits, cooking demonstrations, jazz, 9am-6pm, The Leisure Centre, 159 Brightside Rd, Stanmore Bay, Whangaparaoa. Ph 021 277 2202.
20-22 Autumn Home Show, ASB Showgrounds, Greenlane, Auckland. Ph 09 358 1997.
20-22 RHS Spring Show, Cardiff.
21-22 Waikato Chrysanthemum Society annual show, Hamilton Gardens, Cobham Drive, Hamilton. Ph 07 843 4485.
24-29 Southern Lakes Festival of
Colour, Wanaka. Six days and nights of art, drama, music, comedy and dance. Includes garden tour (see below).
25 Little River Country Bumpkin Giant Pumpkin Festival, giant veggies, stalls, entertainment, 1pm-5pm, Little River Domain, Canterbury. Ph 03 325 1925.
26 Nichols Landscaping Garden Tour – Southern Lakes Festival of Colour, Wanaka, 10am-4pm; tickets $20 self-drive or $40 for bus tour. Tickets from TicketDirect nationwide or website
www.festivalofcolour.co.nz
26-29 International Plant Propagators’ Annual Conference, New Plymouth.
28 Canterbury Horticultural Society Fuchsia Circle, pot luck dinner and AGM, CHS Centre, Riccarton Ave, Christchruch, 7.15pm.
28-29 NI National Chrysanthemum Show, the Autumn Flower Show & Floral Art Display ‘Autumn in Motion’, presented by the Poverty Bay Horticultural Society at the Event Centre, Showgrounds, Gisborne. Sat 1.30pm, Sun 9.30am-4pm.
May
2007 Gardening Events
2-6 Matamata Festival of
Flowers, Matamata Memorial Centre, Tainui St, Matamata. Wed 10am-8.30pm,Thurs-Sat 9am-8.30pm, Sun 9am-4pm. Admission: adults $10, children $2.50, season
ticket $12.50. Contact: PO Box 424, Matamata, Ph 07 888 6672 or fax 07 888 7434. Email:
fern.hill@xtra.co.nz
4 HortTalk, Botanic Garden, Upper Lovelock Ave, Dunedin, bonsai demonstration and sale, noon.
4 Banks Memorial Lecture: Peter Heenan on "Discovery and description of the NZ flora; a contemporary perspective", Chateau on the Park, Christchurch.
4-6 New Zealand Gardens Trust Conference, Chateau on the Park, Christchurch.
Ph 09 422 7443.
4-6 Manukau Home & Garden Show, TelstraClear Pacific Events Centre, Great South Rd, Manukau City.
12-13 Manfeild Park Garden Festival, Feilding.
22-26 Chelsea Flower
Show, London
26 Garden Day & Show at Dr Keith Hammett’s plantation, 488C Don Buck Road, Massey, Auckland.
June
2007 Gardening Events
13-16 Fieldays, Mystery Creek,
Hamilton
21-23 NGIA/LIANZ Joint
Conference, Nelson. Ph 04 568 4576
23-24 Wanganui Orchid Society 40th Anniversary Show, Wanganui Racecourse. Ph 06 344 6080.
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Magazine for their own marketing purposes only.
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THIS
ISSUE
12 - 25 April 2007
MELBOURNE
ON SHOW
At the recent Melbourne Internation Flower & Garden
Show Aussie designers came up with a raft of gardens aiming to enhance the
quality of outdoor living. Editor Jane Wrigglesworth was there to soak up
their creativity.
MOUNTSIDE'S
MAGIC
Artifice and ingenuity characterise this paradise under Mt
Taranaki. Ben May is enthralled by its diverse influences and abundant
plant life.
LATE
SEASON SPLASH
Pamela McGeorge is enjoying a colour explosion in her Wanaka garden.
OFF
THE WALL
Floral designer Adrienne Patterson creates a living picture using an
artist's canvas and a single bunch of flowers.
WHAT'S
IN THE SHOPS?
Our regular garden centre guide. We visit Garden
Lane Plant World and Nursery in Marton.
HAVE
A HOME ORCHARD
The first of expert John Dean's two-part introduction to growing your own
pip and stone fruit.
SPOTLIGHT
ON SPINACH
Tips on growing this cool-season staple.
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