Recent events
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
Let no one think that real gardening is a bucolic and meditative occupation. It is an insatiable passion, like everything else to which a man gives his heart. — Karel Capek
