NZAGS Programme

We meet at 8 pm on the first Thursday of every month at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville Street (Doors open at 7.30pm) Riccarton, for a short general meeting followed by an informative and inspirational speaker.

Date	Speaker	Title	Description
04/06/2026	Rowan Buxton	West Papua, above the treeline	West Papua, above the treeline
07/05/2026	Matt Walters	Adventures of a Science communicator.	Matt will share his photos of his trips as a science photographer and communicator, from Africa to the Chatham Islands.
02/04/2026	Dylan Norfield	Singapore - from gardens to flower show. Congress on 'Succession Planning and Resilience in the face of climate change'	Dylan Norfield is the Curator / Collections Supervisor managing on the ground plant collections and staff for the Dunedin Botanic Gardens.
05/03/2026	Hamish Brown	Lime-loving plants in the garden	Lime-loving plants in the garden
12/02/2026	Alan Ayton	The Alpine Flora of Tasmania	I bought on a whim a Draba cretica, and so began my dive into the wonderful world of Alpines and alpine like plants.
06/11/2025	Clint Callens from Belgium	Steve Newall Speaker : Clint Callens	Collecting, cultivating, hybridising and growing rare shade-loving plants
02/10/2025	Pieter Pelser and Julie Barcelona	Rafflesia	Rafflesia
04/09/2025	Suzanne Pickford	Great Garden Designers	Designers (and nurseries) of South East UK and a dabble in the EU
07/08/2025	Paul Maurice	AGM + Paul Maurice	Spring in the Stans, a Botanical Journey through Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
13/07/2025		NZAGS 65th Anniversary Celebratory Lunch	Celebrations buffet lunch at the Philatelic Centre, 67 Mandeville St., Riccarton, Christchurch.
05/06/2025	Melissa Hutchison	Endemic plants of Stewart Island alpine zones	Melissia Hutchinson (plant ecologist based in Christchurch) will be speaking about the endemic plants of Rakiura/Stewart Island alpine zones
01/05/2025	Panel of Plant Experts	Question Time	A discussion panel of plant experts answering everyone’s questions