Events Calendar
Tuesday 21 March - Monthly Meeting
Inhouse Summer Flower Competition
Speaker: Dale Gould from the Beer Factory
Topic: Hop Growing and Beer Brewing
7pm at the Community Church, 25 Mana Avenue, Titahi Bay
Tuesday 28 March - Monthly Morning Team
10.15am, Morning Tea at Columbus Café, Mitre 10
Tuesday 18 April - Monthly Meeting
Speaker – K-J Dillon, HoyaHoya Ltd
Subject – Hoyas
7pm at the Community Church, 25 Mana Avenue, Titahi Bay
Tuesday 25 April - Monthly Morning Tea
10.15am, Morning Tea at Columbus Café, Mitre 10
Tuesday 16 May - Monthly Meeting
Speaker: Claire Bibby from The Heritage Garden
Topic: Seed collecting, storing and growing
7pm at the Community Church, 25 Mana Avenue, Titahi Bay
May – date to be confirmed
Pruning Demonstration at Jennifer Hutson’s Garden
Tuesday 30 May - Monthly Morning Tea
10.15am, Morning Tea at Columbus Café, Mitre 10
Tuesday 20 June - Monthly Meeting
Guest speaker and topic to be confirmed
7pm at the Community Church, 25 Mana Avenue, Titahi Bay
Tuesday 25 June - Monthly Morning Tea
10.15am, Morning Tea at Columbus Café, Mitre 10
Tuesday 18 July - Monthly Meeting
Guest speaker and topic to be confirmed
7pm at the Community Church, 25 Mana Avenue, Titahi Bay
Tuesday 25 July - Monthly Morning Tea
10.15 Morning tea at Columbus Café, Mitre 10
August 15 Meeting - Monthly Meeting
Guest speaker and topic to be confirmed
7pm at the Community Church, 25 Mana Avenue, Titahi Bay
Saturday 26 - Sunday 27 August
56th Annual Spring Flower Show at Pataka
Tuesday 29 August - Monthly Morning Tea
10.15am, Morning tea at Columbus Café, Mitre 10
Tuesday 16 September - Monthly Meeting
Guest speaker and topic to be confirmed
7pm at the Community Church, 25 Mana Avenue, Titahi Bay
Thursday 26 September - Monthly Morning Tea
10.15am, Morning tea at Columbus Café, Mitre 10
Tuesday 17 October - Monthly Meeting
Guest speaker and topic to be confirmed
7pm at the Community Church, 25 Mana Avenue, Titahi Bay
Monday 30 October – Thursday 2 November
Trip to the Centuria Taranaki Garden Festival
Tuesday 31 October - Monthly Morning Tea
10.15am, Morning tea at Columbus Café, Mitre 10
Tuesday 21 November - Monthly Meeting
Topic ‘ei katu Cook Island Flower Crown
Speaker Lily Marsters
Tuesday 28 November - Monthly Morning Tea
10.15am, Morning tea at Columbus Café, Mitre 10
Tuesday 5 December - Monthly Meeting
Christmas Party
7pm at the Community Church, 25 Mana Avenue, Titahi Bay
Saturday 6 December
Christmas Garden Party at TBHS President's House.
MONTHLY MEETINGS
We meet every 3rd Tuesday of the month from February to November. 7pm at the Community Church, 25 Mana Avenue, Titahi Bay.
MONTHLY
MORNING TEA
We meet for an informal morning tea at Columbus Café, Mitre 10 on the last Tuesday of the month, 10.15am.
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.