Rongotea Spring Show 2023

Wednesday  13  September  was  Show  day  for  the  Rongotea  and  District  Horticultural  and  Produce  Society  ,  now  well  into  their  second  century  of  flower  shows . A  good  number  of  exhibitors  ,  particularly strong  in  the  amateur  and  novice  sections …

The former. . . Hybridizer’s Round Robin

To Becky Fox Mathews, Mike Berringer, Bill Carter, Mitch Carney, Harold Koopowitz, Bob Spots, Mary Lou Gripshover, Janet Hickman and all hybridizers and those that want to be hybridizers: I recently had a email conversation of sorts with Sara Van…

OTAKI SPRING SHOW – 2023

The  Otaki  Horticultural  Society  held  our  Spring  show  on  Friday  1  September .We had  a  warmer  winter  but  a  cooler  August  ( coolest  in  6  years  ,  todays  weather  summary ) and  , as  we  are  always  first Friday in …