What's on this week in the gardening world.
Today, June 6
HortTalk, Information Centre, lower Dunedin Botanic Garden, noon. Karitane farmer Andy Barratt on ''Local food: Passing fad or secure future?''Monday, June 9Otago/Southland Camellia Society branch will meet at 6.30pm, 22b Flower St, Fairfield. Pot-luck dinner and DVD night. RSVP to 488-2975.
Maori Hill Garden Club meets in the Maori Hill Community Centre, at 10.30am. Speaker Val Allen on wildflowers in Australia.
Tuesday, June 10
Garden Lover's Group meets in the Church of Christ hall, cnr St Andrew and Filleul Sts, Dunedin, at 1.30pm. Speaker Sue Maturin on attracting birds into our gardens. Annual meeting and sales table. Inquiries to Pam on 488-2285.
Wednesday, June 11
Botanical Society of Otago presents a talk on the annual Fungal Foray in Pohara, Golden Bay, by Dr David Orlovich, of the University of Otago botany department. 5.20pm, Zoology Benham Building, 346 Great King St, behind the Zoology car park by the Captain Cook Hotel. Use the main entrance of the Benham Building, and go to the Benham Seminar Room, Room 215, 2nd floor. Please be prompt. Contact David Lyttle, phone: (03) 454-5470.
Dunedin Rhododendron Group meets at 7.30pm at the Sargood Centre, Logan Park Dr. Speaker Dr Yolanda van Heezik, of Otago University, on a multidisciplinary study of 55 Dunedin gardens.
Taieri Garden Club meets in the McKerrow Lounge, Presbyterian Church, Mosgiel, at 7.30pm. Speaker Sally Brown from Blueskin nursery on her Ellerslie Flower Show exhibit. Competition, sales table and supper. Inquiries to Amy 489-1473 or Nola 476-3994.
Architecture and building records in the Hocken Collections, a lecture by archivist David Murray about the plans, specifications and other records held by the Hocken and how they can be used to discover the histories of buildings. Otago Museum Barclay Theatre at 5.30pm.
Saturday June 14
Heritage New Zealand is hosting a free workshop, with presenters from Archives New Zealand and the Dunedin City Council Archives, on how to research the history of your home. Otago Museum H. D. Skinner Annex, 10am-1pm. Bookings essential. Call the museum on 474-7474 or book online at www.otagomuseum.govt.nz.
