Friday, June 1
HortTalk, Botanic Garden Centre, upper Lovelock Ave, noon. "Our Ancient Past - fossil plants in Dunedin", a talk by Assoc Prof Daphne Lee, department of geology, University of Otago. Free.
Monday, June 4
North Otago Garden Club, Foundation of the Blind Hall, 7.30pm. Speaker: Michael Stewart, safe gardening for your body. Competition: Leucadendron. Share a tip.
Tuesday, June 5
Brockville Gardening Club meets in the Community Church hall at 1.30pm. Speaker Jenny Neilson, of the DCC, about compost and bokashi. Sales table, afternoon tea, raffle. Competition: winter vegetable.
Bonsai meeting, Holy Cross Church Hall, Ajax St, St Kilda, 7.30pm. Presentation on dais for suiseki. Tree of the month: semicascade, root over rock and non-schedule. Inquiries to 454-2113.
Wednesday, June 6
Otago Rose Society monthly meeting, St Peter's Church hall, Hillside Rd, 7.45pm. Practical sessions: making tussie mussies and learning how to sharpen and maintain secateurs and other pruning equipment. Supper, raffle and sale tables. All welcome.
Saturday, June 9
Otago/Southland Branch Of New Zealand Camellia Society, 30 Hargest Cres, Dunedin, 11am, to view Trev's hyper-tufa pots, columns etc. Lunch at the Waterloo Hotel, 12.30pm. RSVP to Bev, 488-2975 by June 6.
Wednesday, June 13
Dunedin Rhododendron Group meets at the Botanic Garden Centre, Lovelock Ave at 7.30pm. Speaker Marianne Groothuis, Botanic Garden camelia and thematic collection curator. Visitors welcome.
Thursday, June 14
Blueskin Garden Club's monthly meeting, Warrington Hall, 7.30pm. Please note the venue. Speaker: Russell Dickson and/or Murray Young from Youthgrow. Raffle, bloom and produce competition, supper will to follow. All welcome. Queries to 482-2896.
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