Author: David Adams

FW: Locos in snow at Arthur’s Pass

Daffodil tourists, you will go through here in September Locos in snow at Arthur’s Pass Kiwirail attempting to plow a route through to Christchurch today from Arthurs Pass made for some spectacular images. 07 June 2012 Check this out! http://youtu.be/6acPX_00M9Q…

Close to Home

Hi Folks, Since writing about the seeds a few minutes ago I decided to check the earthquake status over the weekend. I am glad we were away. If you go to Canterbury Quake Live and click on ‘Quake list’ and ‘after…

Interesting

Hi Folks, This is not daffodils but is an interesting gardening tale. This weekend I attended an Alpine Garden Society study weekend held in the middle of the Southern Alps. One of the speakers was Steve Newill whom I have…

You are invited

Hello Folks, Now that we are nearly finished our enjoyment of the Northern shows it is time to think about enjoying the South in September. For those of you who are travelling independently of the official tour to the 2012…

Loyce and Harold

A few years ago, one of the show reports from the UK noted that ‘Kokopelli’ was NAS, and went on to explain that the judges made their decision based on the fact that while every bloom was clearly a miniature,…