Day: October 12, 2012

2012 South Island National Show

Post 7 in a series of 7. The tour culminated with its principal event, attendance at the World Daffodil Convention in Dunedin. If the floor markings suggest a tennis court or basketball court to you, that’s because the convention was…

Christchurch and the Canterbury Plain

  Post 6 in a series of 7. We didn’t go to any daffodil shows in the Christchurch area, but we did visit many daffodil growers.  First stop was Otahuna Lodge, the former home of Sir Heaton Rhodes. I’m a…

2012 Brightwater Show

Post 5 in a series of 7. Brightwater is a town southwest of Nelson, New Zealand. Like most of the spring flower shows, it has camellias and other spring flowers as well as daffodils. The Brightwater daffodil show is not…

Taranaki and Ohau

Post 4 in a series of 7. After the North Island National Show, the National Daffodil Society’s tour headed south with over night stays in New Plymouth and Palmerston North. The trip from New Plymouth to Palmerston North took us…

2012 North Island National Show

Post 3 in a series of 7. The 2012 North Island National Daffodil Show was held in Hamilton, New Zealand. The show registration included Friday, Saturday, and Sunday night dinners plus a visit to the fields of Graham Phillips, Graeme…

2012 Hobart Show

Post 2 in a series of 7. The Hobart Horticultural Society, Inc. holds a spring show and a fall show. In the spring it’s the “Daffodil, Camellia, and Floral Art Show” which this year was on September 7 and 8.…