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Auckland – Auckland’s remarkable urban forest

Tuesday 27th August 2013 from 7.15pm.
990 Great North Road, Western Springs

Dr Mike Wilcox will speak on “Auckland’s remarkable urban forest” including foraging opportunities for nuts and fruits, and mentioning some lesser known useful trees that may have potential.

Mike is the author of ‘Auckland’s Remarkable Urban Forest’ (Auckland Botanical Society Inc. 2012), is Vice President of the Auckland Botanical Society, an Honorary Research Associate at the Auckland Museum, Fellow of the NZ Institute of Forestry, and member of Forest & Bird, and the International Dendrology Society.
 

PS – Preparation for grafting workshop on Saturday 14th:
exchange of plum/peach/apricot wood for grafting:
Please bring some named varieties to swap.

Auckland – Mulled wine (or juice) then Pot Luck Dinner

Tuesday 25th June 2013 from 7.15pm.
990 Great North Road Western Springs.

Mid Year Dinner –

Mulled wine (or fruit juice) to start,

then a

Pot Luck Dinner – please bring a savoury dish (instead of a sweet plate)

After Dinner: bring your tree crop questions for our Panel to answer.
There will be a nice prize for the best question.

Auckland – Gardens4Health to grow food

Tuesday 28th May 2013 from 7.15pm.
990 Great North Road, Western Springs

Richard Main – Projects Manager for Gardens4Health, a Ministry of Health funded programme encouraging targeted populations to grow food.

Do you have something to bring along for the interest table?

Auckland – Vermicompost

Tuesday 23rd April 2013
Auckland Horticultural Centre, 990 Great North Road, Western Springs.

Cup of tea/coffee at 7.15pm before meeting commences at 7.30pm

Speaker: Colin McPike on “Vermicompost use in commercial horticulture”

Auckland – Mulches for trees with Reg Lewthwaite

26th March 2013
Auckland Horticultural Centre, 990 Great North Road, Western Springs
Cup of tea/coffee at 7.15pm before meeting commences at 7.30pm

Reg Lewthwaite on “Mulches for trees – how many of the advertising myths do you believe?”

A 4 year mulch trial growing Pittosporum at Unitec has interesting results for plants and the environment. The 7 different treatments have surprising results. A visit to Unitec for prior to the meeting to view plantings. More details closer to time.

Auckland – Fruit display table – special interest … plums

26th February 2013
Auckland Horticultural Centre, 990 Great North Road, Western Springs
Cup of tea/coffee at 7.15pm before meeting commences at 7.30pm

Plums – hold some varieties in the fridge. For this meeting if you can!!!!

David Anstice from the FOODBOWL (an open-access plant dedicated to fostering and advancing New Zealand’s food innovators) and Martyn Atack from food inc (food industry consultants) will talk about how we could use our surplus fruit in food product development, quality systems management, production, packaging, and marketing.

Auckland – End of Year Function

Tuesday 27th November 2012

from 7.15pm. 990 Great North Road Western Springs

Mulled wine (or fruit juice) to start, then
A quick AGM, then –
Pot Luck Dinner – please bring a savoury dish (instead of a sweet plate)
After Dinner – “20 years on – challenge and change”

Tanya Cumberland and Charmaine Pountney from earthtalk at awhitu will tell us of their venture into subtropical orchards, gardens, coastal native bush, tour groups, markets and delicious organic food for their farmstay guests.

Auckland – Virgil Evetts

Tuesday 23rd October 2012 from 7.15pm.

990 Great North Road Western Springs.

Virgil Evetts – a cook, writer and avid food cropper will talk on growing and consuming unusual edibles. Some areas which may be discussed: ‘digital plant collecting”- sourcing seeds from overseas, the processes, the pitfalls etc… Growing the more unusual fruits like Prune plums, mulberries, astringent persimmons, currant grapes, babaco, curry leaf…
Virgil spent 16 years as a gallery manager and educator at Auckland Museum before embarking upon a career in freelance writing, specialising in food, gardening and related topics. He has written for New Zealand Gardener Magazine, Cuisine, The New Zealand Herald and others. –This talk sounds really interesting – Don’t miss this one!!!!