JANUARY 2012 28 Opotiki Dahlia Show Senior Citizens Hall, King St, Opotiki. 11am-3pm, ph 06 751 1184 or 021 044 7743. 28 Daltons Gardening Workshop 2pm-4pm, Daltons Landscape Supplies Yard, Morrin Rd, Mt Wellington, Auckland. www.daltonslandscape.co.nz or ph 09 574 6421. 28 - 29 Waikanae Lions Super Garden Trail Gardens open 10am-5pm each day. Proceeds [...]

JANUARY 7 – 8 Auckland Lily Society Show Auckland Horticultural Centre, 990 Great North Rd, Western Springs, Auckland. Sat, 11am-4pm, Sun 10am-3.30pm. Bring your questions and meet the experts. Trading table, bulbs for sale, raffles, good parking, gold coin admission. Ph 09 627 9455. 7 – 15 Festival of Pots and Garden Art Trinity Farm, [...]

JANUARY 7 – 8 Auckland Lily Society Show Auckland Horticultural Centre, 990 Great North Rd, Western Springs, Auckland. Sat, 11am-4pm, Sun 10am-3.30pm. Bring your questions and meet the experts. Trading table, bulbs for sale, raffles, good parking, gold coin admission. Ph 09 627 9455. 7 – 15 Festival of Pots and Garden Art Trinity Farm, [...]

DECEMBER 2011 2 – 3 Heritage Roses and McGredy Rose Garden Garden open 10am-4pm to view the mass plantings of roses old and new, with perennials, shrubs, natives, trees, bulbs and annuals. View the progress in the McGredy Rose Garden. Entry $6 to raise funds for fututre developments in the garden. Contact Georgina Campbell, 43 [...]

NOVEMBER 2011 17 Morrinsville Horticultural Society Dahlia Show Presbyterian Parish Hall (Campbell Hall), Canada St, Morrinsville. Noon-4 pm. Entry gold coin donation. Ph Jan Kerkin. ph 07 889 3607; jan@kerkin.co.nz 17 – 20 Pacific Rose Bowl Hamilton Gardens, Hamilton. www.hamiltongardens.co.nz 19 Heritage Roses Northland Present Di Durston, author and researcher of old Tea Roses, 11am, [...]

NOVEMBER 2011 3 – 6 Hunter’s Garden Marlborough Seven garden tours. Workshops in garden and floral design, experts on NZ native plants & cooking workshops. Ph 0800 627 527 or visit www.gardenmarlborough.com 4 Morrinsville Horticultural Society Rose Show Presbyterian Parish Hall (Campbell Hall), Canada St, Morrinsville. Open noon-4 pm. Gold coin donation. Ph 07 889 [...]

OCTOBER 2011 9 – 12 Feb Sculpture in the Gardens 8am-8pm, Auckland Botanic Gadens, Hill Rd, Manurewa. Free outdoor exhibition of 21 large-scale sculptures on 2km trail. 20 - 27 Chatham Islands Forget-Me-Not Festival Ph 0800 785 386, email bernadette@pukekohe-travel.co.nz 27 Art in a Garden ‘Flaxmere’, Hawarden, North Canterbury. www.artinagarden.co.nz 27 Culverden Christmas Country Fete [...]

OCTOBER 2011 1 – 10 Gardenza’s Spring Festival & Clivia Pageant Dawn to dusk. 450 Glenbrook Beach Rd, Glenbrook Beach (near Waiuku). Free entry. Stroll around superb gardens amid tranquil lakes. Clivia & other subtropical plants for sale. Parking on-site. www.gardenza.co.nz 6 – 9 Waikato Home & Garden Show featuring the Weekend Gardener seminar stage, [...]

SEPTEMBER 2011 23 - 25 Tauranga Orchid Society Annual Show The Racecourse, Cameron Rd, Tauranga. $3 entry, open 10am-4pm daily. Displays of orchids, bromeliads, cacti and succulents – plants for sale. Ph Natalie 07 543 0847. 23 - 25 New Zealand Orchid Society Spring Show Mt Albert War Memorial Hall, cnr New North Rd & [...]

SEPTEMBER 2011 7 Torbay Garden Club Spring Show 11am-2.30pm, Tobay Community Hall (behind shops), Beach Rd. Trading table, raffles, refreshments available. Entries from non-members welcome. Ph Rhyll 09 478 2528. 8 – 11 Wisley Flower Show RHS Garden Wisley, Surrey, England. 8 – 11 Australian Springtime Festival Mt Penang Parklands, Kariong (near Gosford) on the [...]