New Zealand Tree Crops Association


This archive of 2007 events is typical of what you can attend to learn about tree cropping.
Events are advertised by your local branch newsletter, which is included in your membership fee.

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Field Visits: Non-members usually welcome - please contact host branch beforehand.
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!

If your branch events aren't listed, talk to your newsletter editor and mailout person.
Newsletter Editors - Please email full event details [why?]

When: Branch: Event:

2007 December
Sun 16, 3pm Bay of Plenty End of year BBQ with Brian and Jan - Sedgemoor Lane, Katikati
Sat 1, 4:30pm Nelson Christmas Barbecue - Appleby

2007 November
Tue 27, 7:30pm Northern region End of year social and AGM
Sun 25, 10:30am Waikato & Thames-Coromandel End of year function and field day - pot luck dinner - Maungakawa Road, Te Miro
Sun 25, 1pm Canterbury Christmas Meeting - historic plantings, cedars, rhodos - bring $16 each admission and afternoon tea - Homebush
Sun 11, 1pm Bay of Plenty Rejuvenation plantings over 12 years - Upsand Downs Farm, Wainui Road, Opotiki
Sat 10, 11am ~ 5pm Coastal Otago Permaculture Workshop 2 with Otago Organics - bring day's food, warm clothing - towards Lornville, Riverton
Sun 4, 1:30pm Franklin Riparian planting and planning tree planting on grazing land - Parker Lane, Buckland
Sun 4, 1pm Wellington Horowhenua Developments of a permaculture property and end of year BBQ - Moonshine Road, Pauatahanui

2007 October
Sun 28, 10am ~ 5pm Coastal Otago Permaculture Workshop 1 with Otago Organics - bring day's food, warm clothing - Switchback Road, Dunback
Sat 13, 11am Waikato & Thames-Coromandel Field trip - well-planned hilltop microclimate living in orchard/farm/woodland - Robertson Road, Dinsdale
Sat 6, 10:15am Nelson Grafting Day — Brightwater — Olive oil tasting; rearing partridges and pheasants - BYO lunch and something for the sales table.
We regret that newsletter address labels to this service are still incorrect, newsletters being retrieved too late for some events to be included.
2007 September
Sun 30, 1:30pm Canterbury 2 properties: shelter, chestnuts, walnuts, hazelnuts; walnut hand-roller gatherer; olives
Tue 25, 7:30pm Waikato & Thames-Coromandel Grafting Workshop with Stuart Rentoul - bring knife, secateurs, any special scionwood - Hill Laboratories
Sun 23, 10am Northern region Grafting Workshop - bring: fixed-blade knife, share lunch/BBQ - Old North Road, Helensville
Sun 9, 1:30pm Coastal Otago Grafting day Crosby's, Herbert - plums; apples, many varieties available
Sat 8, 1pm Bay of Plenty Copperfield Nursery visit - citrus and plums - Snodgrass Road, Te Puna
Sun 2, 11am Wellington Horowhenua Apple Grafting - Mangaroa Valley Road, Upper Hutt
Sun 2, 1:30pm Coastal Otago Grafting day Bland Park - plums; apples, many varieties available
Sat 1, 1:30pm Franklin Propagation Workshop with Bronwen Rowse - Wright Road, Glenbrook

2007 August
Tue 28, 7:30pm Northern region A light-hearted talk from Ernie Smith about his numerous experiences with trees
Sun 26, 1:30pm Franklin Propagation Workshop with Bronwen Rowse - Glenbrook
Sat 25, 1:30pm Northern region Fruit trees, vegetable and flower gardens and lots of euc and other timber trees - Wishart Road, Helensville
Fri 24, 7pm Nelson Berry Benefits Talk - Alan Cooke on plant-based nutriceuticals - Mapua Hall
Sun 12, 1pm Bay of Plenty Planting for fruit all the year round - Canon Road, north of Katikati.
Sat 4, 10am Nelson Pruning Workshop - Little Sydney Road, Brooklyn
We regret that newsletter address labels to this service are still incorrect, newsletters arriving too late for some events to be included.
2007 July
Sun 29, 10:30am Coastal Otago 2 properties - Pruning demonstration; care of old trees - Totara
Tues 26, 7pm Franklin Pot Luck Dinner, speaker John Scheffer: Researching New Crops - Franklin Art Centre
Tue 24, 7:30pm Northern region Reg Lewthwaite - Calculating plant nutrient application rates for mineral and organic fertiliser
Sun 22, 11am Waikato & Thames-Coromandel Pruning Workshop with Selwyn June - stone & pipfuit etc. - Whatauri Road, Wharepapa South
Sun 22, 11am Wellington Horowhenua Pruning Demonstration and Plant Auction - Roslyn Road, Levin
Sun 22, 11am Canterbury BHU, Lincoln University for a pruning and tidy-up - bring lunch and pruning gear
Sat 21, 7pm Lower North Farm Forestry Learning about Truffles - Dr Ian Hall - Unitec, Carrington Road, AK, Room 1018, Building 23 - bring donation
Sat 20, 7pm Northland Polytech Truffles and other Mycorrhiza - Dr Ian Hall - Northland Polytechnic Lecture Theatre, Raumaunga Road - bring donation
Sat 19, 7pm Northland Polytech Truffles and other Mycorrhiza - Dr Ian Hall - Wharepuke Subtropical Gardens, Kerikeri Road, Kerikeri - bring donation
Sun 15, 1pm Bay of Plenty Pruning demonstration - walnuts, olives, fruit trees; curly-feathered geese - Western Drain Road, Whakatane
Sun 14, from 6pm Wellington Horowhenua Mid-Winter Potluck Dinner - Utuata Street, Waikanae
Sat 7, from 10am Waikato & Thames-Coromandel Tree and Plant Sale 2007!
We regret that event information received has again become incomplete, which threatens continuation of this service.
2007 June
Sat 23, 12 noon Waikato & Thames-Coromandel Mid-winter Feast - bring meal with treecrop theme to share - View Road, Te Kuiti
Sun 10, 1:30pm Franklin The Classic Quarter Acre Paradise - Lemonwood Place, Manurewa
Sun 10, 1pm Bay of Plenty Incredible Edibles - Tharfields, Lockington Road, Aongatete

2007 May
Tue 22, 7:30pm Northern region John Clearwater - Bronze Beetle Control on Apples
Sun 20, 12 noon Waikato & Thames-Coromandel Nuts timber and grazing on a steep Pirongia property - streams to wade, no facilities!
Sun 20 Canterbury Nursery, woodlots and walnuts hosted by a great enthusiast - Prices Valley, Little River
Sat 5, 1:30pm Franklin Developing a bare block - Buchanan Road, Kingseat
Sat 5, 1pm Nelson Waimea Nursery visit - heritage apples and many interesting fruit and nut trees

2007 April
Sat 28, 10:30am Nelson Hazels in Blenheim - The Nut Ranch for lunch then NZ Seed Oil Co
Sat 21, 1:30pm Waikato & Thames-Coromandel Visit to Taitua Arboretum
15 ~ 19 NZ Farm Forestry Association NZFFA National Conference
Mon 16 Northern region Post-conference day trip - Koanga Nurseries, Kaiwaka
April Fri 13 ~ Sun 15th Northern region 2007 NZTCA National Conference - Unitec, Mt Albert
Sat 3, 10am Nelson Golden Bay visit and BBQ - meet at Onekaka river bridge

2007 March
Sun 25 Waikato & Thames-Coromandel Treecropping on difficult coastal property - Waimaunga Road, near Raglan
Sun 18, 11am Franklin Broaden your Knowledge of Citrus & Figs - Ohinewai North Road, Ohinewai
Sun 11 Bay of Plenty Mamaku Blue blueberry winery and orchard - non-members $13 - Maraeroa Road, Rotorua
Sun 11, 1:30pm Wellington Horowhenua Apple Identification and Tasting - Waitohu Valley Road, Otaki
Sun 18, 1pm Canterbury Orton Bradley Park, Tree Crops plot check, explore, picnic etc
Sun 4, 1:30pm Coastal Otago Plum plum plums - plus small block timber plantings - Clearwater Street, Broad Bay

2007 February
Sat 24, 10:30am Waikato & Thames-Coromandel Field Day, pot luck lunch & Branch AGM - Cambridge Road, Te Awamutu
Thurs 22, 7:30pm Franklin AGM & small block skills talk by Bronwen Rowse - Wesley Street, Pukekohe
Sun 18, 12 noon Bay of Plenty AGM then Field day, Pottsbury Farm, Ongare Point, Katikati
Sun 18, 11am Canterbury AGM, then Field Day at two locations; Hoskyns Road, then BHU at Lincoln university
Sat 17, 10:30am Northern region Howick Historical Village Harvest Festival
Thurs 15, 7pm Nelson AGM with potluck BBQ - "Acredale", near Mapua
Sun 11, 1pm Wellington Horowhenua AGM and summer BBQ with Lyndia and Peter at Te Horo
Sun 4, 2pm Northern region Heritage Apple & Plum orchard - Albany
Sat 3, 1:00pm Central Otago Tree Growers AGM and Workshop - HortResearch, Earnscleugh Road, Alexandra

2007 January
Sat 13, noon Waikato & Thames-Coromandel WALNUT BLIGHT DETECTION and WALNUT TREE HEALTH WORKSHOP - with Nick Nelson-Parker, hosts Nick and Ros - Pirongia

 - see Previous Year 2006

 

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Newsletter people - Thank you for posting a copy of your newsletter to web management, so your events get into the nationwide events listing above.

But did you know you can do one extra little thing to publicise your cause: email your newsletter as early as possible to the web site manager. Potential treecroppers will get to see your upcoming events in detail in your own branch's Events page!

Or if it's easier: attach a file of just your event details, (or any other items of interest; colour photos of events reviews) - to make your branch Events page worthwhile. Use it as a supplement to your newsletter!

Examples: See how Branch Events pages have been used by Waikato and Wellington - Horowhenua branches. And TreeCropper uses supplementary web space.

Privacy: We take great care to remove sensitive details, especially email addresses, private property host surnames; and street numbers – on the day of the event, your Treecrops Event banners guide visitors to the venue: Roadside banner

Note that posting the printed newsletter alone does not qualify for the branch web page service. Immediacy is key; there is not time to await snail mail, then scan and web-code your event notices - by which time the event might have passed!
The deal is that you need to email the event details at the earliest opportunity, to achieve the longest possible internet exposure. This has been proven to attract visitors to our events, many becoming new members.

However, posted newsletters are still important, to provide brief notice for the Events Nationwide summary. Of course, your newsletters are always read thoroughly, appreciated and archived.

So, simply email us with your newsletter file attached. We can process most digital formats.
Other ideas and suggestions welcomed. Thanks for your consideration.