FREE EVENTS: The Apollo Cinema will be open from 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm Click to see details of the beautiful film ‘Samsara’. There’s no plot, just beautiful images, captured over a year, of the earth and how humans are living on her – good and bad!
Earth Hour Walk 7.30 pm – 8 pm Join us for a lantern walk around Lincoln. Bring your own rechargeable and earth friendly lantern if you have one.
Earth Hour 8.30 pm – 9.30 pm Join us in the courtyard of The Laboratory, Lincoln, the lights will be turned off and we’ll have earth friendly activities on offer like playing cards, old school letter writing and calligraphy by the fire, storytelling, musical instruments, board games, dog grooming or anything you would like to contribute to remind people that the best kind of fun and connection can be had without electricity.
Attendees can purchase their own food and beverages from The Laboratory throughout the event. You can attend as many or as little of the above events as you want.
To find out more you can check out the official Earth Hour website here.
Presented by Mike Bowie, this family event will show you how to attract native birds, lizards and insects to your garden.
Challenge Mike by bringing along an invertebrate (insect, bug etc.) you have found in your garden for him to identify.
Mike will demonstrate how to increase the native biodiversity in your garden, section or farm through the use of specific plants, planting designs and refugia. He will also outline ideas for projects that children could undertake or assist with.
Now retired, Mike was an entomologist at Lincoln University for over 30 years. He worked on many ecological restoration projects including Quail Island, Mahoe Reserve and Te Ara Kakariki (Greenway Canterbury Trust). He has written many publications in the fields of entomology and ecological restoration, including co-authoring “Backyard Biodiversity in Canterbury”.
Contact Lincoln Community Gardens
021 074 3905
ruth.wood@xtra.co.nz
Lincoln Envirotown Community Gardens. The gardens are located behind the maternity hospital, please park on the street.
35 James Street Lincoln,7608New Zealand+ Google Map
Come and see us for trapping advice and free trap hire.
The trap library will lend you the right type of predator control device to remove problematic pests like rats, hedgehogs, possums and stoats. We can also advise you on bait and the best location for your trap.
The aim is to remove these predators so the birds and plants can flourish.
The Selwyn Trap Library is usually open on the last Saturday of every month at the Lincoln Farmers & Craft Market.
Registration is not required, just come along.
Contact Selwyn Trap Library
03 423 0445
selwyntraplibrary@gmail.com
Lincoln Farmers & Craft Market (located behind Lincoln Library)
22 Gerald Street Lincoln,7608New Zealand+ Google Map
Free (participants provide their own gardening materials)
Celebrating Selwyns’ Vegetable Gardens
This event focuses on sharing knowledge, celebrating success, and promoting sustainable home food production in Selwyn. This is not a competition with the emphasis on participation. Every garden tells a story, and we want to hear yours! During our garden visits, we’ll meet with you to learn about your techniques, challenges, and successes.
Event Details
Register: Send an email to Ruthruth.wood@xtra.co.nz, or call 021 074 3905. She will provide you with detailed assessment criteria. Deadline to register 1st February.
Location: Lincoln & Rolleston area
Cost: Free entry (participants provide their own gardening materials)
Garden Visits: Saturday 22nd February 2025
What We’re Looking For
Home vegetable gardens of any size
Integrated gardens combining vegetables with flowers, shrubs, or fruit trees
Get involved in your community garden this Summer! Join Ruth and Errol Wood from Lincoln Community Gardens and learn what they do, how the gardens are managed, and what you can do to get involved! There will be plenty of time after the session to ask any questions you might have.
All ages welcome.
If no spaces are available, please call (03) 318 7780 to be added to the waitlist.
Come along and help us in the restoration and maintenance of the Mahoe Native Reserve in Lincoln.
Working bees are usually on the first Sunday of every month from 2.00 pm. Please check before attending as some months are occasionally postponed. Entry to the Reserve is on Boundary Road, Lincoln (opposite the High School). Contact mahoereserve@gmail.com for any further information.
Please sign in and sign out.
Contact Mahoe Reserve
03 4230445
mahoereserve@gmail.com
Mahoe Reserve (opposite the high school main entrance)
34 Boundary Road Lincoln,7608New Zealand+ Google Map
Come and see us for trapping advice and free trap hire.
The trap library will lend you the right type of predator control device to remove problematic pests like rats, hedgehogs, possums and stoats. We can also advise you on bait and the best location for your trap.
The aim is to remove these predators so the birds and plants can flourish.
The Selwyn Trap Library is usually open on the last Saturday of every month at the Lincoln Farmers & Craft Market.
Registration is not required, just come along.
Contact Selwyn Trap Library
03 423 0445
selwyntraplibrary@gmail.com
Lincoln Farmers & Craft Market (located behind Lincoln Library)
22 Gerald Street Lincoln,7608New Zealand+ Google Map
A Celebration of Businesses Sustainable Practices.
On Friday 1st November over 80 people gathered at the Tai Tapu Community Centre to celebrate prize winners, receive certificates, and hear citations regarding the excellent work of all the businesses who participated in the 2024 Selwyn Responsible Business Awards.
The proceedings started by thanking the supporters of the project largely financed by Selwyn District Council Waste Management. Lincoln New World sponsored much of the food and Rossendale wines did the same for the wine all prepared by volunteers from Selwyn Lions. The major thanks of the evening were to the 62 participating enterprises for their initiatives surrounding the environmental impacts and the community involvement associated with their activities.
The awards are seen as a way of encouraging businesses to think sustainably, reward and celebrate their endeavours and the process is very much geared towards discussions of the issues associated with trying to be as environmentally sustainable as possible and how to benefit the wider community.
The event itself was most enjoyable. Councillor Sophie McInnes presented the certificates and trophies to the many participating businesses who attended, and the assessors’ citations made clear the commendable work being done.
The evening was enhanced by two excellent guest speaker presentations; Frank Haakart told us of the journey to restore the earthquake damaged pub in Hororata and establish the “Artists In” project of converting the building into a rural place of art learning and exhibition.
Wim de Koning from Lincoln University outlined the exciting plans for the Solar Farm in Lincoln and we at Lincoln Envirotown look forward to joining the University in community engagement as this Lincoln asset grows.
Join the Selwyn Timebank for a family friendly end of year celebration with great food and fun games. Please RSVP by Saturday 16th November selwyntimebank@gmail.com
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