Integrated Fruit Production in Canterbury (pest control)
Integrated Fruit Production (IFP) trials in Canterbury form part of a research programme to develop and test an IFP programme for apples in Hawke’s Bay, Nelson, Canterbury and Central Otago. Results from this research have been used to develop ... [... more]
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Some Drought Tolerant Native Plants
Drought Tolerant Native Plants at the ANBG. List prepared by John Treloar, 2004 Local grasses Acacia covenyi Melaleuca hamulosa 'Gold Lace' ' Break o Day' 'Roulette' 'Dusky Bells' ' Marion's Marvel' ' Julie-Ann' ' Monaro Marvel' 'Canterbury ... [... more]
Australian National Botanic Gardens |
June Sprigg
In Simple Gifts, June Sprigg tells the story of one of America's last Shaker communities--Canterbury Shaker Village, in Canterbury, New Hampshire--during its twilight years, and of its seven remarkable "survivor" women, who were among the last . [... more]
Random House |
Burton Raffel
Burton Raffel is a translator, poet, and scholar whose major translations include It would be impossible to overstate the influence of Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales. A work with one metaphorical foot planted in the Florentine ... [... more]
Random House |
Esther De Waal
Esther de Waal lives in a small cottage on the Welsh/English border. After studying and teaching history at Cambridge University, she married, had four sons, and moved to Canterbury, where she lived in a house that had been part of the medieval ... [... more]
Random House |
Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400), often referred to as "the grandfather of English literature," is invariably ranked with Shakespeare and Milton as one of the three greatest poets of the English language. His masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales, has . [... more]
Random House |
Anne Simpson
By the author of Light Falls Through You and the novel Canterbury Beach In Loop, Anne Simpson explores the power, and the anguish, of many different modes of return - retrieval, revision, the covering of old ground with eyes wider and thoughts ... [... more]
Random House |
Michael Baigent
Michael Baigent was born in New Zealand in 1948 and obtained a degree in psychology from Canterbury University. At one point he gave up a successful career in photojournalism to devote his time to researching the Templars for a film project. He ... [... more]
Random House |
Priscilla Lamont
Priscilla Lamont is the illustrator of over twenty books for children, many of which she wrote herself and have been published in her native England. She currently lives in Canterbury with her partner, David, and their dog, Bonzo, who is pretty ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Michael Baigent
Michael Baigent was born in New Zealand in 1948. He graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in psychology from Canterbury University, Christchurch, and a master of arts degree in mysticism and religious experience from the University of Kent, ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
HortNews - Canterbury Winemaker Triumphs With Sticky Wine
A boutique Canterbury winemaker had a taste of sweet success when it triumphed at the 15th Air New Zealand Wine Awards this weekend. WELLINGTON 12/11/2001 - A boutique Canterbury winemaker had a taste of sweet success when it triumphed at the ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
HortNews - Grapes Taking Over From Sheep In North Canterbury
Few sheep will be seen in the Waipara district in years to come, says pioneer winemaker Danny Schuster. CHRISTCHURCH 27/4/2001 - Few sheep will be seen in the Waipara district in years to come, says pioneer winemaker Danny Schuster. Over the past ... [... more]
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