Local community organisations, clubs, courses and programmes
Autumn in the garden
Autumn is time to harvest and clean up around the garden. It’s also the time to get those over-wintering crops in. This page lists resources for Autumn plantings as well as dealing with both garden bounty and waste.
Autumn gardening resources
Online resources
- Gardening Organisations
- Contact information for garden clubs, specialist plant clubs, organic gardening groups and other gardening organisations in Christchurch. From community information directory CINCH.
- Wine and wine making
- Winemaking and home brewing clubs from CINCH.
- DIY Drinks
- Our article on home brewing.
- Oxford companion to the garden
- This work is devoted to gardens of every kind and the people and ideas involved in their making in every part of the world where the designed landscape has played an important part.
Internet Gateway listings
- Organic rubbish collection
- Make the most the council’s weekly organic waste collection.
- Urban composting with EM Bokashi
- Download this brochure of how to compost your kitchen waste with a Bokashi bin [364 Kb PDF].
- Weeds
- Websites about weeds and weed-control.
- Seasonal planting calendar
- Seasonal and climate-based growing guide from Gardengrow.co.nz
- Growers’ calendars
- Seasonal growing guides for large and small-scale horticulturalists from the Biological Husbandry Unit, Lincoln.
- Foodlovers.co.nz
- Site for New Zealand foodies. Plenty of recipes and ideas for preserves and jams.
- Freezing vegetables
- Guide to freezing vegetables from GardenGuides.com.
- Jam Making
- Advice from Alyson Gofton on jam making.
Browse library resources
Follow these links to books and other resources in our libraries:
