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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 |
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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
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03/04/2025 | Professor Hazel Chapman University of Canterbury |
The Nigerian Montane Forest Project – a model for conservation | Hazel Chapman will be talking to us about the Nigerian Montane Forest Project, which is based at Ngel Nyaki forest reserve on the Mambilla Plateau |
06/02/2025 | Grant Matheson | Christchurch Botanical Gardens | Tour of the alpine and crevice gardens at the Christchurch Botanical Gardens followed by supper at the Kiosk |
30/01/2025 | Carol Halstead | "In pursuit of the Blue Poppy and other treasures along the road to Tibet"
| An amateur's photographic account of a recent trip from Lijiang, Yunnan, to Llhasa Tibet organised by John Mitchell and the Alpine Garden Society UK .
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07/12/2024 | Christmas Function | Christmas function | Held in Rangiora. |
10/11/2024 | Garden visits | Garden visits -10.30am | Visits to gardens in Christchurch City |
07/11/2024 | Jiri Papousek | Steve Newell Memorial Speaker ($5 entry) - 'Open to non-members, all welcome | Jiri is from The Czech Republic. He will speak about his love of crevice gardens, troughs, peat and tufa gardens. Jiri is our Steve Newell Memorial Speaker for 2024. ($5 entry) - Open to non-members, all welcome |
03/10/2024 | Dr Pieter Pelser | 89,000 and counting: documenting Philippine plant diversity one photo at a time | Talk on Co's Digital Flora of the Philippines and more |
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