I am currently putting together a history of World Daffodil Conventions as I have attended most of them. Lesley Ramsay has provided comment on 1976 in Hamilton and my first was in 1984. Was there a Convention in between? If…
Author: David Adams
Tour
From the 15th September to October 1st we have a small group of ADS members visiting us to enjoy the South Island show season and visit some interesting places. At the moment costs are greater because we do not have…
South Island, NZ Visit September 2023
We planned a visit to the South Island of New Zealand following the 2020 World Convention in Canberra. Covid changed all that. Now it will be five years before another Convention in the Southern Hemisphere and I have been asked…
Aunt Betty
Is John Reed’s cultivar ‘Aunt Betty’ of Intermediate size? It is flowering for me at the moment and appears to easily fit the measurement.
Yearbook
We were tidying our office today and in my collection of RHS Yearbooks I came across the 1914 version. It contains biographies of many well known, early New Zealand celebrities including the Hart family of Lawrence. Many of you visited…
NZ in September
As the borders are now more open I repeat my offer of organising a visit to the South Island in the latter half of September. Please contact me at