North Taranaki

“Friends & prospective members always welcome”

BRANCH PRESIDENT:

Colin Knowles ph 758 9970

SECRETARY / TREASURER:

Lyn Proffit - ph 758 2802 or 64 27 5778 904. email: [email protected]

COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Allan Inch – ph 755 1515 Neil Ingram – ph 755-0415

Sandra Spence – ph 753 9241 Beryl Sutton – ph 755 2947

Tony Barnes – ph 027 2915 290

Mervyn Hawkes – ph 06 764 8825

$10 sub for members not joining National Society.
Due by the end March

PROGRAMME FOR 2024

Members will be reminded of meetings by email.
Please offer a ride to members who may not want to drive themselves.
Please give driver something towards Petrol
Feel free to bring any friends and prospective members.

FEBRUARY – Saturday 3rd 9am

Leave Merrilands Domain travel to Hawera visit Karen & Valentine Mekalick,

Bohemian Embassy, 49 Camberwell Road, Hawera. Linda Hookers, Murray Avenue. Go look at the Hawera show where we can have a lovely lunch.

MARCH – Saturday 2nd 7am Minibus been booked

Day trip to Hamilton Horticultural Extravaganza, Claudelands Event Centre.

Rare collection plants, indoor, outdoor, Rose, succulents, seedlings, to cut flowers, dried flowers, garden art and pottery. Open 9am - 3pm

APRIL –Saturday 20th 1.30pm

Meet up at Pukeiti have wander around then have afternoon tea in cafe

MAY – Thursday 16th 6pm

Pot luck dinner in Abraham’s lounge to eat 6.30pm

Will have a speaker.

JUNE Thursday 20th 6.45pm

Tonight we are going Ten Pin Bowling & Mini Putt Golf. 1 game of each. This should be a fun evening.

JULY – Saturday 27th 2pm

Go to Pauline & Tony Zieltjes’s lovely garden then have

Pot luck dinner & AGM

AUGUST – Friday 23rd - Monday 26th

National Show and Convention in Palmerston North

AUGUST – Saturday 31st Blooms benched by 10am

Our Camellia show in Hawera with Horticulture Spring show. This is a great show have good Camellia section for all our blooms. Can buy our lunch there. Great food.

SEPTEMBER – Saturday 21st 1.30pm meet Merrilands Domain.

Going to Peter Catt’s Garden, 12a Tamati Place, Merrilands, then to Lynn & Robin Bublitz, 9 MacKillop Way, New Plymouth, then we go to Colin & Anne Knowles, 90c Cutfield Road, New Plymouth Have afternoon tea here.

OCTOBER – Saturday 19th 1.30pm

Going to Sandra & John Spence, 14D Saxton Road, then to Hurworth Country Garden, Graeme & Jan Worthington, 603 Carrington Road, then Barbara & Keith Wingate, 104 Carrington Street. Will have afternoon tea here.

NOVEMBER – Friday 15th & Saturday 16th 8am

Our overnight trip away to Palmerston North doing gardens around Feilding.

Details advised later by email. Minibus is booked.

DECEMBER – Thursday 12th 11.30am

Christmas get together this year is a lunch at Simply Divine Cafe Egmont Village.

PLEASE MARK THESE DATES ON YOUR CALENDARS & DIARY’S