NEXT MEETING:

MEETING: Monday 7 December at 7:30 pm. Speaker: Dr John Hunt (Land Use and Ecosystems, Manaaki Whenua/Landcare Research). Topic: The big issue – trees, carbon and climate.

NEXT FIELD TRIP:

FIELD TRIP: Saturday 12 December. Waipara Reserve, North Canterbury. Return to the rarely-visited Waipara Gorge Conservation Area. This 20 hectare beech forest is accessed from Ram Paddock Road, through a ford on the Waipara river, and along a 4WD drive track through the NZ Carbon Farming permanent pine forest (as a step towards natural regeneration of indigenous forest).
When and where to meet: Meet at the Belfast Hotel at 9 am, or at the Amberley toilets at 9.30 am, to carpool.
Suitability: Moderate. The reserve has steep, untracked forest and scrub around a small lake.
Cost: $5 suggested reimbursement for drivers (10 cm/km paid to drivers).
What to bring: Lunch, thermos/drink bottle, warm jacket, raincoat, sunhat, boots.
Trip leaders: Alice Shanks. Please contact Alice if you intend to come along so he can let you know if the trip is cancelled: (03) 337-1256 or 027 3661246.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

MEETING: TBA.

FIELD TRIP: TBA.

ABOUT CANTERBURY BOTANICAL SOCIETY MEETINGS & FIELD TRIPS

The Society holds monthly evening meetings, usually on the first Monday of each month. Meetings start at 7.30 pm. We organise a speaker and follow the meeting with an informal supper and chat.

Evening meetings are held in a community meeting room at the Upper Riccarton Library, 71 Main South Road, Upper Riccarton. The meeting room is just through the main library doors (on your left). Entry to the library closes at 8 pm but you can exit after this time by pushing the green button next to the door. Parking is available in front of the library. http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/UpperRiccarton/

Information for speakers
The meeting room has a data projector (and cable) but you need to bring your own laptop or advise the meeting organiser that they need to bring one. Please check that your laptop is able to connect to an external projector.

Field trips are usually held on the Saturday following the evening meeting. Trips in the winter months are to places closer to Christchurch and in the warmer months we take advantage of the longer daylight hours to venture further afield.

In January we have a week-long summer camp and visit places which are too far to access from Christchurch for a day trip. We book affordable accommodation and make daily excursions from this point.

In spring we often have a long weekend camp over Show Weekend in November.

Occasionally we hold workshops on specific topics.

The AGM is held on the first Saturday after Queen’s Birthday weekend. After the AGM we have a speaker, followed by a shared finger food lunch.