Events Calendar
Tuesday 18 May 2021
Monthly Meeting
Guest speakers: PK and Liz Tan - Growing Porirua Students; and Viv Harris, Wellington Beekeepers Association - Planting for Bees
Tuesday 15 June 2021
Monthly Meeting
Guest speaker - Dr John McKoy President, Friends of Mana Island Inc. (FOMI) - FOMI's role in Mana Island’s restoration and seabird translocations to Mana Island.
Tuesday 20 July 2021
Monthly Meeting
Guest speaker: Andrew Krijger - Regeneration of Nelson’s Lakes National Park and native plant growing
Tuesday 17 August 2021
Monthly Meeting
Guest speaker: Elise Fountain-Smith - Fuchsias
Saturday 28 & Sunday 29 August 2021
Spring Flower Show
More details to be advised soon.
Tuesday 21 September 2021
Monthly Meeting
Guest speaker: Martin McKendrick - Unusual Bulbs
Tuesday 19 October 2021
Monthly Meeting
Guest speaker: Emilia Hrstich - Flora of Biokova Mountain on the Adriatic Coastline of Croatia
Tuesday 16 November 2021
Monthly Meeting
Guest speakers: Dianne and Gordon Purdie - Cacti and Succulents
Tuesday 7 December 2021
Monthly Meeting
Christmas Party with quiz and delicious festive supper
MONTHLY MEETINGS
We meet every 3rd Tuesday of the month from February to November.
MONTHLY
MORNING TEA
We meet for an informal morning tea on the last Thursday of the month.
SPRING FLOWER SHOW
Our Spring Flower Show, held annually in spring is a society highlight. Read more
NEW MEMBERS WELCOME
We welcome visitors and new members from the Porirua region and beyond.
MONTHLY MEETING
COMPETITIONS
We have a competition at every meeting (except December).
We encourage everyone to take part. You can enter one item per category.
The categories for the meeting competition are:
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Bloom - a cut flower
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Shrub – flowering or not
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Vegetable/fruit
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Container of growing flowers
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Container of growing foliage
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Collection of herbs
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Novice – for people entering for the first time. It can be anything from the garden
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The doors open at 7pm so that there is plenty of time to get your competition entries set up.
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Put your entry in (or beside) one of the numbered green containers. Record on the clipboard your name, number and name of item. That helps Margaret, who runs the competition, identify who wins what.
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Voting starts at 7.20pm.
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Vote for your one choice in each category. There are little slips of paper provided in each section of entries.
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At the end of the year the winner is awarded the ‘plate’ and a prize.