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The Waikato Botanical Society

a non-profit organisation devoted to encouraging local interest in botany

Interested in plants?

Come join the society
  • Enjoy regular fieldtrips throughout the Waikato region and beyond exploring varied habitats from wetland to forest and coastal to montane
  • Attend workshops and talks on fascinating and informative topics such as plant identification, ecology and restoration
  • Meet and share knowledge with like-minded enthusiasts from beginners to boffins
  • Keep updated on botanical events and happenings with our regular newsletter

Botany of the WaikatoBotany of the Waikato is a book produced by the Waikato Botanical Society in 2002. This is an informative account of the history and plants of the Waikato landscape illustrated with over 150 colour photographs.

Please contact the society for pricing or further information.
Download Book Order Form

Drawing
(drawing C. Beard)

Annual membership only
$15 individual or family
and $5 unwaged.

Kidney fern
Kidney fern Trichomanes reniforme (photo Francesco Spinelli © 2004)

Field trips
Karangahake
Whangamarino
Waitaanga
Threatened plant garden
Te Maika
Dactylanthus
Te Waihou
Tairua Sailors Grave

Newsletters as PDF files
Feb 2005
July 2005
November 2005
April 2006
September 2006
December 2006
September 2007
April 2008
October 2008
May 2009
November 2009

If you do not have a PDF file reader, click here.

Links to other Botanical Societies:
New Zealand Botanical Society
Otago Botanical Society
Wellington Botanical Society
Rotorua Botanical Society

 

For further information please contact the committee at -

Waikato Botanical Society
c/- Department of Biological Sciences
University of Waikato
Private Bag 3105
Hamilton
bot_soc@waikato.ac.nz

Botanising on Mt Maungatautari
Botanising on the ridges of Mt Maungatautari (photo B. Clarkson)
 Native mistletoe
Native mistletoe Korthasella salicornioides at Otama, Coromandel (photo A. Brandon)
 Otama beach
Otama beach foredunes with the native sand-binding grass pingao (photo A. Brandon)

© 2005 Matthew Grove <matthewg at ihug.co.nz>