Selwyn Timebank has formed a new Board Games Group which now meets regularly.
What a lot of fun and laughter we had during our first get-together! After a quick explanation of Rummukub, two rounds of the game were completed while we nibbled on some snacks and had coffee. A timebank member had brought along Rummikub, among a variety of games that had also been shared. It’s a wonderful opportunity to showcase your favourite board or card games and get others playing them!
All are welcome to come along.
May 7
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9:30 am
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1:00 pm
There is also one place still available for the same workshop on Saturday 9th April.
$20
The registration fee of $20 covers the cost of the tree, potting mix, grow bags, wire, and morning tea.
An Introductory Workshop Presented by Tony Bywater, Christchurch Bonsai Society
Bonsai is an art form probably started by the Chinese over 2000 years ago, using trees grown in containers or on rocks to represent the beauty and majesty of nature.
Have you ever thought of developing your own Bonsai tree? Come to this workshop to learn how to do it. Watch an ordinary nursery tree turned into a Bonsai, then have a go yourself. Learn what to look for in nursery trees, how to select which branches to keep and which to cut off, how to pot it up and how to look after it. All good fun, and you get your own Bonsai to take home!
Places are limited for this popular, hands-on workshop, so register by contacting Ruth Wood as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
COVID VACCINE PASS MUST BE PRESENTED ON ARRIVAL.
Contact Lincoln Community Gardens
021 074 3905
ruth.wood@xtra.co.nz
April 17
All day
Join Us this Easter for a Nature Hunt
The hunt starts on Easter Sunday for anything that swims, flies, grows, crawls and hides! Visit your local reserve or any natural area and see what you can find.
You will be using the iNaturalist NZ website so you need to install the iNaturalist NZ app on your mobile and focus on nature.
Join the fun and discover the nature that lives in and around your local reserve!
BioBlitz is a scientific race against time to count as many different species as you can in a 24-hour period. Throughout Easter Sunday you can become a Citizen Scientist, it’s up to you whether you spend an hour or all day as a Nature Detective.
Challenge yourself to find creatures that only come out early in the morning or in the dark?
For all ages 1 to 100!
Instructions
What You Need
Mobile phone with camera and iNaturalist app or
Digital camera (if you don’t have a mobile phone) and computer with internet access to iNaturalist website.
Optional – pen and paper, homemade tracking tunnel, hand lens, binoculars.
How
Some of the things you might find include:
Mammals; cats, hedgehogs, rats, possums (see how to make a tracking tunnel before Easter Sunday); plants, weeds; worms; bugs; lizards; moths. Listening and looking for birds – you can record and upload sounds on iNaturalist.
If you wish to make your own tracking tunnel, to put out on Saturday night and record mammals and lizards click here for instructions.
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