Cooking and Sampling

Quick low cost cooking from the garden

Tues 25 August            6.30 – 8.30pm         $10 + $6 food           

Alice Leonard, Director Angel Food

Eating further down the food chain is good for your health, your wallet and the environment - learn how to create healthy and delicious meals based on beans, whole grains and fresh seasonal produce. The emphasis is on economical family-friendly meals which don't take all night to prepare!

EDIBLE GARDEN CULTURE  Part 6.
Plant Health 

Sat 29 August    8.30am-10.30am   11am-1pm (repeat)   $20

Richard Main, co-founder Unitec Hort Sanctuary, environmental educator

An 8-part practical series designed to get participants up-skilled in home fruit and vege production.  This module covers: Plant Health -  Holistic approach to soil and plant health; Planning and preparation for the Spring garden

Trees in the Urban Environment

Part 1of 8 part series: Introduction

Wed 16 September               6-9pm              $80 for 8 sessions or $15 each

Daphne Mitten, Landscape Architect, and course coordinator

Introduction to The Tree Council's vision for encouraging awareness and sense of ownership of the region's trees by giving the course participants a practical and theoretical foundation in tree management.  Presentation on the environmental value of trees. Explanation of the Assignment briefs: Assignment 1: A portfolio of 10 actual trees in your locality including one Great Tree; Assignment 2:  A brief presentation on the final day of the course, to your peers, about your selected Great Tree of Auckland.

Trees in the Urban Environment

Part 2 of 8 part series: Tree Identification & field trip

Sat 19 September                 9-4pm              $80 for 8 sessions or $15 each

Lesley Haines, Senior Lecturer, Landscape Architecture, UNITEC, and co- author with The Tree Council of the course structure and content.

Tree Identification: Taxonomy, purposes and significance, Leaf Identification: parts, arrangement & shapes; Plant Identification Keys; The Herbarium- Functions & establishment; Variety of our native urban forest

FIELD TRIP - Auckland's vegetation, climate, physiography, factors affecting changes. Visits to a colonial plantation park, gully forest, kauri forest, lava forest, coastal forest, and overview of urban forest of Auckland.

EDIBLE GARDEN CULTURE  Part 7.
Spring Action ‘A fine sense of timing’  

Sat 26 Sept   8.30am-10.30am   11am-1pm (repeat)   $20

Richard Main, co-founder Unitec Hort Sanctuary, environmental educator

An 8-part practical series designed to get participants up-skilled in home fruit and vege production. This module covers: Planting selection and schedule; Model organic garden visit – experience the Unitec Hortecology Sanctuary; Spring planting cycle.

Trees in the Urban Environment

Part 3 of 8 part series: What tree where?

Wed 30 September               6-9pm              $80 for 8 sessions or $15 each

Penny Cliffin, Senior Lecturer and Programme Director, Landscape Design, UNITEC.  Penny completed a Master's thesis on Tree Collections of Auckland in 2002.

Trees for places, plant adaptation:  Tree characteristics and types; Presentation on a comprehensive range of trees suitable for planting in the Auckland region; Understanding how trees adapt to survive in their natural habitat; Researching trees suitable for certain situations.