* Visitors welcome at all our functions. Come learn about Tree Cropping!
PLEASE respect our generous hosts' property and other visitors' peaceful attendance. Bring NO pets.
Beware of health and safety hazards which may exist - children must be supervised. Bring sturdy footwear and suitable clothing. Let's all enjoy our day!
Branch Field Days & Meetings:
- Branch Meetings: 4th Tuesday each month except December & January, at the Auckland Horticultural Centre, 990 Great North Road, Western Springs.
- Cup of tea or coffee at 7:15pm before meeting commences at 7:30pm
- Friends and visitors always welcome.
- Meetings and Field Trips - refer to Activities - Nationwide
Newsletter Editors and compilers - Important note:
2008 July
July – Tuesday 22nd – "Planning and growing an Orchard" by Rob Velseboer.
Some of you were lucky enough to go to Rob and Murray's place last year on a field trip, so will know what a wealth of information Rob has to share!
Auckland Horticultural Centre, 990 Great North Road, Western Springs.
July – Sunday 20th – combined workshop with the Franklin Branch on Hazelnuts.
The workshop is going to be given by our National President Murray Redpath who is an authority on the subject.
Don and Margaret, Blackbridge Rd, Karaka are to host the field day. They have a row of hazels badly in need of pruning and welcome expertise in showing how to go about it. Many people also interested in general care of hazels and pollination in this area. They have a large shed which can be used if the weather is bad and we switch to Plan B (showing your Powerpoint presentation).
It is going ahead regardless of the weather.
2008 June
Saturday 28 June, 9.30am Kaukapakapa Hall - Tane's Tree Trust
Lower North Farm forestry invite NZTCA members interested in establishing or
nurturing native forest, any size, to attend a seminar run by Tane's Tree
Trust. Complimentary lunch.
June - Tuesday 24th – Midwinter dinner – Bring along all those usual treecropping concoctions. Our after dinner speaker will be Selby Gouldstone. The talk will take the format of a question and answer time. Author of "Guide to food bearing plants", some of you will know of Selby as "the nut man" - a well known tree enthusiast of the 70's and 80's. Selby's knowledge spans from Chinese vegetables to Truffles, to stem cell grafting of Advocados.
Auckland Horticultural Centre, 990 Great North Road, Western Springs.
2008 May
May Tues 27th, 7.30pm - Bronwen Rowse - Propagation and Hardwood cuttings - come to hear and see how it is done! Your opportunity to ask lots of questions.
Auckland Horticultural Centre, 990 Great North Road, Western Springs.
2008 April
April Tues 22nd, 7.30pm – Ray Weaver – Wallaby damage on Kawau Island and the threat to the New Zealand ecology should they not be eradicated. This talk is going to be followed up with a trip, later this year, to see first hand and also to see some recovering forest.
2008 March
March Tues 25th, 7.30pm – Julie Craig "A glut of Apples" - some ways to process the surplus. Also, a chance to compare apples with apples! Bring along your apples for comparison and tasting.
March Sun 16th, 1.30pm – Mark's and Louise's Property, Scenic Drive, Titirangi (just up from Shaw Road – Titirangi end). Come and see their Nashi, Persimmons, Macadamias and bees.
2008 February
February Tues 26th, 7.30pm – Greg Morgan from Winequip – Basic procedures for wine making and products available
2007 April 13-15th Tree Crops Association National Conference, Unitec, Mt Albert
2006 November
- When:
- Tues 28th November, 7.30 pm
- What:
- Xmas Pot luck Dinner
- Where:
- Auckland Horticultural Centre, 990 Great North Road, Western Springs.
- Details:
- Bring a plate to share
- When:
- November 14-19
- What:
- Ellerslie Flower Show, but branch participation has been cancelled
2006 October
- When:
- Tues 24th October, 7.30pm
- What:
- Talk by Ian Gordon on Cherimoyas.
- Where:
- Auckland Horticultural Centre, 990 Great North Road, Western Springs.
- Details:
- Meeting - Ian has worked with cherimoya for many years and has insights into the crops development in NZ and potential. Sampling is definitely on the menu.
2006 September
- When:
- September 28th, 7.30pm
- What:
- (To be advised)
- Where:
- Auckland Horticultural Centre, 990 Great North Road, Western Springs.
- Details:
- Meeting -
- When:
- Sun 17th September, 10.30am
- What:
- Co-visit with Organics group, Whangarei
- Where:
- Beasley Rd R D 1 Onerahi WHANGAREI - will be signs posted.
- Details:
- Field Trip - Two talks before lunch then tour of property. A mixed crop property with an interest in passionfruit.
Directions - take the road from Whangarei through the suburb of Onerahi and get onto to the road to Whangarei Heads/Pataua South. After about 12 or 15 minutes you will come to the Parua Bay Garage on your left with the Parua Bay Primary School on your right. Continue on the road heading to Pataua South. About 5.5 km past the Parua Bay Garage is Beasley Road - the sealed road takes a 90 degree left turn but you continue straight ahead into Beasley Rd. Approximately 800 metres up the road on the right is my property # 78 - there you drive up off the road & follow the driveway to the house.
- When:
- Sat 9th September
- What:
- Grafting Day.
- Where:
- Old North Rd Waimauku - will be signs posted.
- Details:
- Field day - Grafting Day. Bring a fixed blade knife (Stanley Knife is good)
2006 August
- When:
- Tues 22th August, 7.30pm
- What:
- Mike Manning - Orchard design to eliminate fungus disease
- Where:
- Auckland Horticultural Centre, 990 Great North Road, Western Springs
- Details:
- Mike (Hortresearch) works with kiwifruit & grapes. By good design of shelterbelts and crop architecture Mike has saved the kiwi fruit industry millions of dollars each year in spray costs and fruit loss.
- When:
- Sat 19th August, 10.30am
- What:
- Tour of Unitecs’ Hortecology Sanctuary
- Where:
- Unitecs School of Natural Sciences - will be signs posted.
- Details:
- Tour of Unitecs’ Hortecology Sanctuary by Manager Richard Main. Have a look around Unitecs School of Natural Sciences teaching gardens & orchards plus vertical composting system. Meet outside Natural Sciences Building (Bldg 23). Enter Unitec at Entrance 3 off Carrington Rd. Proceed down Farm Rd, turn right past sports field carry on to Bldg 23 and greenhouses.
2006 July
- When:
- Tues 25th July, 7.30pm
- What:
- Talk by Houshang A-Hasan of AvoPro
- Where:
- Auckland Horticultural Centre, 990 Great North Road, Western Springs.
- Details:
- Hasan produces multiple grafted avocados and potted avocado plants that fruit in three years. Hear how this business was developed.
2006 Annual Conference of NZ Tree Crops Association
'Cultivating Biodiversity', Masterton, Wairarapa, 2006 April 7-9
2005
[no details submitted, but see Event listings in Events Nationwide]
About Us
The Northern Region Branch of New Zealand Tree Crops Association covers the region from greater Auckland north to Cape Reinga.