WHANGAPARAOA
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY (Inc.)
President:
Secretary:
Treasurer:
Terry Mears
Frank Conroy.
Dawn Birchall.
194 Vipond Rd
35. Beach Rd.
P.O.Box. 364
STANMORE BAY.
MANLY.
OREWA.
PH. 424:0360
PH. 428:1575.
PH. 426:8996.
NEWSLETTER – DECEMBER 2005.
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Vice President.
Betty
Marsdon.
Tel.426:4574.
Welfare Officer.
Jo
Malyon.
Tel.
428:2363.
COMMITTEE.
Lyn
BECHER.
Tel.426:3352.
Lesley
DYER.
Tel.
424:8499.
Judy
FYFE.
Tel.
428:0326.
Margaret
GILBERT.
Tel.
424:0433.
Nadine
HILL.
Tel.
424:2404.
Betty
MARSDON.
Tel.
426:4574.
Jo
MOXEY.
Tel.
424:0093.
Jill
WINTERS.
Tel.
424:8189.
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from all on your Committee.
Our Summer Show & Garden Competition have been
and gone. We only have one more function
together
this current year, our
Christmas Luncheon.
Thinking back over the past year,
many people have contributed in so many ways to the operation of the Society.
Without their help there would not be a Society. I would like to take the
opportunity to thank you all. To Bob Duncan our Patron, the Committee, who
are tireless in their endeavours no matter what the task, the workers on the
Trading Table and those who donated to the table. The kitchen crew and those
who donated baking etc. The raffle donors and those who sell and compile the
raffles. Our newsletter runners who keep fit keeping you up to date. The
energetic band of folk who put up and dismantle hall equipment, the Show
Steward, Chief Steward and other stewards who keep us on the straight &
narrow. Those people who research and organise day trips and those who
provide us with an annual holiday where we can leave the dishes in the sink
and forget our worries. The librarian’s who monitor our books. The Garden
Competition organiser, our newspaper scribe, Secretary and Treasurer and all
those loyal members who attend rain hail or snow, encouraging us all to feel
our jobs are worthwhile. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
IMPORTANT NOTICE!
(shades
of
December 2004 newsletter)
Venue Change! For Christmas Luncheon.
Again there is a problem at the Whangaparaoa Golf Club.
(the last time we place a booking with them) Our reservation has been
cancelled. However Jo Moxey has been able to get a reservation at Rotary
House, next to the Silverdale Rugby Club.
Details are: Monday 5th
December, 12 for 12:30pm (date unchanged)
Cost: $25:00ea. Non-alcoholic punch
supplied. NO BAR – B.Y.O. Plenty of parking. Phone bookings to Dawn Birchall.
426:8996. Anyone requiring transport ring Jo Moxey, 424:0093.
New Members.
A warm
welcome to Murray & Vicki Groves of Stanmore Bay and Dr. Lockwood Smith.
Also returning to our membership is John Laan, who will be remembered by many
members, who has just lost his wife, Mary, who he had nursed through her long
illness.
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Summer Show.
As you entered the Hall the wonderful fragrance
hit you. From the magnificent display of Roses, the best since 1997, through
the Hall it was a sea of colour. Overall we had 544 show entries, including
63 in the children’s section. Floral Art however was down on last year. In
total we were up on last years 488 entries. Well Done Everyone!
Door takings were $468:00, Trading Table $424:00, Raffles $243:00,
Kitchen $164:00.
Our thanks to Dr. Lockwood Smith, who opened the Show, (and also
became a member)Bob Duncan who presented the
trophies and to Judy Fyfe, who stepped in to help me out while I was
ill, by drawing of the Raffles & closing the Show. I believe that the
dismantling of the hall fixtures after the Show must have been a record, 30
minutes after the closing, it was all stored in order and the hall
cleaned.
A great effort by everyone!
Once again it
was disappointing that the majority of people viewing the Show were
non-members. Only 81of our members attended.
In the children’s section it was good to see new
exhibitors from the Home Schooling and The Pippins as well as Rainbow School.
There were a few baskets left at the hall after the show, ring Jill: 424:8189
to claim same. Our thanks to all those who donated goods for the Annual Show
and Christmas Luncheon Raffles, the hampers looked great.
SUMMER
SHOW. 2005.
Winners
of Trophies & Cups.
SECTION. 1 : ROSES.
George Dale Rose Challenge Trophy
– Champion Rose. = Patricia & John
Fitzpatrick.
Hardman Rose Bowl
– Most Points Open Classes. = Patricia & John
Fitzpatrick.
Lady Fletcher Memorial Rose Trophy
– Most Points Novice Classes. = Linda
Robertson.
Jill Benbrook Trophy
– Most Points Miniature Classes. = Jackie Mitchell.
SECTION 2 : GLADIOLUS.
Rex McKinlay Memorial Trophy
– Champion Gladiolus. = Winsome &
Eric Hanna.
Robert Garroway Gladiolus Challenge Trophy
– Most Points Large Gladiolus. =
Winsome & Eric Hanna
E & F Gardner Brown Challenge Trophy
– Most Points Small Gladiolus. = Equal,
Eddie & Laura Sellars/ Ngarie Duncan.
SECTION. 3 : GENERAL FLOWERS &
FOLIAGE.
E. E. Hale Points Trophy
– Most Points Section 3. = Lyn Becher.
Mabel Dale Memorial Trophy
– Champion Gerbera. = Shirley & Neil
Moodie.
Shirley & Neil Moodie Trophy
– Most Points for Gerbera’s. = Shirley
& Neil Moodie.
Leighton Family Trophy
– Most Outstanding Exhibit in Section 3. = Sue
Wright.
SECTION 4 : HOUSE PLANTS.
Barbara Tricklebank Memorial Trophy
– Most Points in Section 4. =
Margaret Chellew.
SECTION 5 : NEW ZEALAND NATIVES.
Sir James Fletcher Memorial Cup
– Most Points in Native Section. =
Murray Groves.
SECTION 6 : FRUIT & VEGETABLES.
Radley Challenge Trophy
– Most Points Overall. = Jackie Mitchell.
Walker Trophy
– Most Points in Vegetable Section. = Jackie
Mitchell.
Geoff Hammond Trophy
– Most Points in Fruit Section. = Equal, Winsome
& Eric Hanna/Mary Smith
SECTION 7 : FLORAL ART.
Millicent Refoy Memorial Trophy
– Most Points Novice Grade. = Zelma
Brown.
Grainger/Oddy Trophy
– Most Points Junior Grade. No entry.
Barbara Beer Trophy
– Most Points Intermediate Grade. = Tonka Leslie.
John D. Fletcher Trophy
– Most Points Senior Grade. = Lois Haydon.
Elizabeth Wallace Challenge Trophy
– Most Outstanding Exhibit Overall. =
Tonka Leslie.
SECTION 8. : CHILDREN’S SECTION.
Greta Faulbaum Memorial Trophy
– Most Outstanding Exhibit. = Yuli
Heled.
Margaret & Eric Orr Trophy
– Runner-up for Most Outstanding
Exhibit. = Sarah Albom.
Dr. David Rowlands Trophy
– Most Points in Children’s Section. =
Sarah Albom.
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Annual Garden Competition.
Entries were down on last year from 64
to 45. The feed back from Jill is that a lot of previous entrants have become
disgruntled due to the same people winning each year. The Committee have
discussed the situation, and although no action has been taken, feel that
perhaps changing to Bi-Annual Competition may help solve the problem. We are
delighted to report that although the numbers are down there were a number of
new entrants. The judges remarked that it was obviously the entrants had put
a lot of time and effort into preparing their gardens.
A new trophy has been presented to the Society by
Cath & Frank McCullough, to be known as the ‘Merit Award’ for the ‘Most
Improved Garden’ judged from those who have previously entered and not won an
award.
Again this year we would like to thank Ngarie &
Bob Duncan for making their delightful garden available for picnic lunch on
the ‘Tour of Winning Gardens’.
GARDEN
COMPETITION.
Results
2005
CLASS. A. Whangaparaoa Ratepayers Assn Trophy.
For - ¼ Acre & Under.
1st. Thelma Nixon.
2nd. Barbara Ranum.
3rd. Tony & Lesley Stanfield.
CLASS. B. Norah C. Wilson Garden Competition Trophy.
For - Over ¼ Acre.
1st.Sue Wright & Chris Oberlin-Brown.
CLASS. C. Rita Reynolds Memorial Garden Trophy.
For - Lady’s Garden.
1
st
. Marigold
Runnerstrum.
2
nd
.Barbara Hale.
CLASS. D.
Angus Cobb Trophy.
For - Unit Garden.
1
st
.
Marigold Runnerstrum.
2
nd
. Gary & Dot
Greenwood.
CLASS. E.
Wilkinson Trophy
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For - House & Garden less than 5
years old.
1
st
.
Heather & Don MacLean.
2
nd
. Ron &
Marlene Crosby.
3
rd
. Sheila &
Gordon Martin.
CLASS. F.
Hibiscus Coast Assn Trophy.
For -
Approach Viewing.
1
st
.
Bruce Hunt.
2
nd
. Barbara Hale.
3
rd
. Val Amies.
CLASS. G.
Hibiscus Coast Marine Trophy
.
For –
Best Garden Non Residential Premises.
1
st
.
Silverdale & Districts RSA.
2
nd
. Armin
Kashammer (Stanmore Bay Cottage)
3
rd
. Whangaparaoa
Golf Club.
CLASS. H.
Brabbins Trophy.
For – Best Vegetable Garden.
1
st
.
Tony & Lesley Stanfield.
2
nd
. Ngarie &
Bob Duncan.
CLASS. I.
Dr. David Rowlands Trophy
.
For – Cottage Garden.
1
st
.
Val Amies.
2
nd
. Barbara Ranum.
3
rd
. Frank &
Cath McCullough.
CLASS. J.
Rosalie Dougan Trophy
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For – Courtyard Garden.
1
st
. Bruce Hunt.
2
nd
. Peg & Jim
Findlater.
3
rd
. Dawn
Evans.
SPECIAL
AWARD.
Merit Award
Trophy
.
For -
Most Improved Garden.
To:
Peg & Jim Findlater.
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Delicious Daylilies.
Although daylilies have been eaten in Asia for
centuries, their culinary virtues have only recently been widely discovered
in the west. Buds & flowers are the parts usually eaten, adding colour
and flavour to salads or they can be cooked.
They have a lettuce like flavour and are high in
several important vitamins, with almost as much protein as spinach, more
vitamin A than beans and about the same amount of vitamin C as orange juice.
According to chefs, yellow and pastel coloured
flowers have the best flavour, reds tending to be more bitter. Fragrant
daylily cultivars may taste sweeter than unscented ones.
Daylily buds may be used fresh or dried. For cooking
they are best picked about two days before they are due to open. It is usual
to remove the antlers and stamens from the flowers before using them. Why not
try them even if only for decoration.
Virile Vegetables.
What Viagra does is impotent men, it can also do for
cut flowers, fruits and vegetables says Yaacov Leshem, a plant physiologist
at Israel’s Bar-Ilam University.
The researcher claims that the lifespan of plants
can be as much as doubled with a dose of Viagra.
He found that 2 or 3 milligrams dissolved in water
helps slow down the emission of ethylene, a hormone that leads to spoilage in
plants.
“Plants are not all that different from people”
Leshem said, adding with a straight face that “it helps them stay erect”
Footnote: an expensive solution to a problem.
Have
a great Christmas & New Year.
Be
careful out there and we will see you all in the New Year.
HAPPY
GARDENING.
Terry
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