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Selection of past events

Not a member yet? Here is a list of some past events to whet your appetite.

2010

Saturday 21 August

Photographing Hong Kong’s Wild Spaces - talk by Ed Stokes

Tuesday 17 August

Hong Kong Herbarium guided tour

Saturday 10 July

International Tree Management - talk by Kevin Eckert

Tuesday 22 June

Tour of former Central Police Station

Saturday 5 June

Second tour of Butterfly Valley

Saturday 15 May

Sai Kung garden visit

Tuesday 11 May

Return to the Magic Kingdom

Saturday 17 April

Sai Sha Road garden visit

Friday 9 April

Visit to Crossroads and nursery trawl

Friday 19 March

Hong Kong Flower Show

Friday 19 March

Two Sai Kung Country Park garden visits

Friday 12 March

AGM

Tuesday 9 March

Visit to AFCD crop development section

Monday 22 February

Gardens of Sri Lanka

Thursday 11 February

Lunar New Year Shenzhen Fair

Thursday 4 February

Learn pruning skills

Monday 25 January

Peak garden visit

Thursday 21 January

Flower arranging workshop

Saturday 2 January

Garden visit

2009

Saturday 12 December

Orchid clinic

Friday 4 December

Guangdong weekend

Saturday 28 November

Composting workshop

Friday 27 November

Dragon Garden visit

Sunday 22 November

Temple gathering

Saturday 21 November

Annual Dinner: A Touch of Silver

Saturday 19 September

Gavin Coates landscaping tour 2

Friday 28 August

Rooftop woodland visit

Saturday 20 June

Seminar: urban tree management in Hong Kong

Saturday 20 June

NT landscaping tour with Gavin Coates

Friday 19 June

Hong Kong Park conservatory

Friday 19 June

Seminar: urban tree management in Hong Kong

Saturday 13 June

Hong Kong Park conservatory

Saturday 13 June

Private garden visit

Friday 29 May

Private garden visit (Tai Po Kau)

Friday 29 May

Talk on Tiger Balm Mansion garden

Friday 15 May

Peony Pilgrimage: a week in Xian and Luoyang

Friday 15 May

Disney landscaping 2

Friday 8 May

Disney landscaping 1

Friday 8 May

Disney landscaping 2

Thursday 30 April

Private garden visit (Tai Po Kau)

Thursday 30 April

Private garden visit

Thursday 23 April

Private garden visit (Tai Tam)

Thursday 23 April

Peony Pilgrimage: a week in Xian and Luoyang

Wednesday 8 April

Orchid workshop / private garden visit (Peak)

Wednesday 8 April

Private garden visit (Tai Tam)

Saturday 28 March

Orchid workshop / private garden visit (Peak)

Saturday 28 March

Flower Show walkabout

Friday 20 March

Private garden visit, Clearwater Bay

Friday 20 March

AGM and 'vertical gardening' talk

Wednesday 18 March

Flower Show walkabout

Wednesday 18 March

Native orchids in Hong Kong and mainland China

Tuesday 17 March

Talk on Tiger Balm Mansion garden

Tuesday 17 March

Native orchids in Hong Kong and mainland China

Saturday 28 February

AGM and 'vertical gardening' talk

Saturday 28 February

NT landscaping tour with Gavin Coates

Wednesday 18 February

Disney landscaping 1

Wednesday 18 February

Private garden visit, Clearwater Bay

2008

Tuesday 19 August

Sundown visit to a member's rooftop garden in Pokfulam

Thursday 24 July

Visit to Ho Chung Garden in Sai Kung

Monday 14 July

Visit to Hong Kong Herbarium

Thursday 5 June

Lecture: the way to sustainable agriculture and landscaping

Sunday 18 May

Tree-planting and ecological restoration projects on Lantau island

Sunday 18 May-Sunday 25 May

A week in Beijing and Chengde visiting the gardens of imperial China

Wednesday 7 May

A day with the HK Disneyland landscape architect and gardeners

Tuesday 22 April

Visit to a member's garden in Shek O

Thursday 27 March

Annual General Meeting

Friday 14 March-Monday 24 March

Hong Kong Flower Show 2008

Monday 18 February

Annual 'free plant hunt' in the New Territories

Tuesday 5 February

Trip to Shenzhen's Lunar New Year plant fair

Sunday 27 January

Organic vegetable and herb gardens of Lamma island

Tuesday 15 January

Guided tour of Garden of Chinese Medicinal Plants at the HK Museum of Medical Sciences

2007

Friday 7 December-Sunday 9 December

Long weekend visiting the gardens and markets of Guangzhou

Saturday 10 November

Annual Dinner: A Night in Kathmandu

Sunday 4 November

Family day out on Lamma island in aid of charity

Thursday 25 October

Tour of northeastern New Territories with a local guide

Tuesday 16 October

Seminar on planting and maintenance of hanging baskets

Friday 5 October

Visit to a member's garden in Sai Kung

Wednesday 3 October

Seminar: how to grow seedlings

Saturday 29 September

Gardening for butterflies with a Lamma island expert

Monday 20 August

Orchid seminar at HK's leading wholesaler followed by NT nursery visits

Wednesday 18 July

Seminar on lawn care by HK's leading authority on grass

Monday 18 June

Visit to a member's rooftop garden in Mid-Levels

Thursday 14 June

Inauguration of landscaping and roof garden at KGV school

Wednesday 6 June

Visit to a member's rooftop garden in Pokfulam

Monday 21 May

Trip to Nan Lian Garden, a Tang-style public garden in Diamond Hill

Wednesday 9 May

Visit to a community garden in Sai Kung pioneered by HKGS members

Tuesday 10 April

Seminar on bulb cultivation and care at Clover Nursery

Tuesday 20 March-Thursday 29 March

Visit to the legendary gardens of Nepal's Kathmandu Valley

Thursday 15 March

Annual General Meeting

Thursday 8 March

Guided tour of horticultural highlights in Western District

Saturday 3 March

Annual trawl of NT nurseries for discarded but healthy CNY plants

Thursday 15 February

A day in Shenzhen at the annual Lunar New Year flower market

Wednesday 7 February

Visit to HK Government's experimental organic farm at Tai Long

Thursday 25 January-Sunday 28 January

Long weekend in Chiang Mai, Thailand for Royal Flora Expo

Saturday 20 January

Visit to traditional Dragon Garden in the New Territories

Tuesday 16 January

Visit to a member's garden on The Peak





Gardens are a form of autobiography. — Robert Dash