Venue is meeting room at hotel for up to 25 people. Tea and coffee is provided. This morning visit nurseries in the Cashmere area including Oderings Nursery and the Christchurch City Council Linwood Nursery. At Linwood you will see how an ambitious riparian planting program has been implemented. Joe Cartman will show you from seed collecting to planting.
Lunch is included in the Botanical Gardens Restaurant.
This is followed by a guided tour at the International Antarctic Centre. Garden walk at Mona Vale followed by a buffet dinner at the Mona Vale Homestead. Overlooking the Avon River this former homestead is a grand setting. Breakfast at your hotel. Transfer to Christchurch railway station to connect with the Tranzalpine Train through the Southern Alps to Greymouth on the West Coast.