The Green Lab seeks members for Board
May 6, 2025
The Green Lab wishes everyone the best for the summer and festive season. It has been a busy year…
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2024 in Review for The Green Lab
December 20, 2024
The Green Lab wishes everyone the best for the summer and festive season. It has been a busy year…
Weekly Workshops in Backyard Building
December 10, 2024
Discover our free weekly workshops in Backyard Building.
Build it and they will come – how to make a birdhouse
June 4, 2024
Putting up a wooden birdhouse your garden is a great way to support your local wildlife. Building tips and instructions by Plain & Simple.
treasured #2: Kawakawa with Aperahama Kipa
April 16, 2024
For this series we ask friends of The Green Lab to share knowledge of their favourite indigenous plants, and tips on how to grow them.
Nature Play Area at Brooker Ave
December 21, 2023
The Green Lab, in partnership with the Avon-Ōtākaro Forest Park and Hummingbird, has built a nature play area that promotes access to nature and a deeper connection to the environment.
treasured #1: Kahikatea with Sarah Mankelow
October 3, 2023
For this series we ask friends of The Green Lab to share knowledge of their favourite indigenous plants, and tips on how to grow them.
Make Herb Cuttings at Tiny Shops Linwood
September 26, 2023
Make herb cuttings; an economical way to get herbs going in your backyard or community garden.
New event: Make a Wētā Hotel for your Backyard
September 26, 2023
Welcome back wētā! Build a wētā hotel for your backyard.
Register for the Backyard Resilience Workshop
June 20, 2023
Whether you have a courtyard or a rambling section, you’ll go home from this workshop ready create an edible and biodiverse haven.
Haere rā to our Director Khye Hitchcock
May 23, 2023
Khye has led The Green Lab with creativity and care for the past four and half years.
Downsizing Plant Sale, Friday 28 & Saturday 29 April
April 24, 2023
Downsizing Plant Sale at Toi Auaha, Rolleston Ave. Nau mai, haere mai!
Lift Library Book Recommendation: SOIL
March 21, 2023
Have you read this book, “SOIL”?…I bought it last Sunday. I think it is one of the most important books in LIFT…
New video! Allen + Clarke Governance Review
January 31, 2023
Check out this film summarising the project we worked on with Allen + Clarke to undertake a Governance Review in 2022.
The Green Lab Summer Plant Sale
January 26, 2023
We’re selling a variety of small and medium houseplants from our collection. Fundraiser for The Green Lab.
