New Zealand Tree Crops Association
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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?
Saturday 4th May 2013 – Field trip
10am Leafy Hollow Lavender
www.lavendergarden.co.nz
Duff Road Waiuku, for morning tea ($5 charge)
and then to
Drury Hill Wines
www.druryhillswines.co.nz
(take your own lunch) Drury Hills Rd, Drury.
Contact branch for possible carpooling.
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”
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.
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.
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.
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!!!!
Saturday morning 29th September 2012 8.30am to 1pm 990 Great North Road Western Springs. Grafting workshop for apples and pears. Bring a fixed knife (Stanley knife is good) and a pair of secateurs.
Tuesday 25th September 2012 from 7.15pm. 990 Great North Road Western Springs.
Fiona Curran-Cournane, Soil Scientist at Auckland Council will speak to us about Bio Char.
Tuesday 28th August 2012 from 7.15pm. 990 Great North Road Western Springs.
Ian Gordon, Tree Crops Life member, will share with us his new ideas on Lifestyle blocks and what he is planting on his in the north.
