“They’re the ones that bring in the blooms the day before and we stage it.
“It’s a matter of keeping it simple but getting it right.
“We had an independent judge, Rhonda Edwards, from the Kāpiti Horticultural Society, and the Waikanae Combined Garden Group judged the street appeal category.”
Some of the flowers on display. Photo / David Haxton
There was a range of categories people could enter: container gardening, hanging baskets, cut flowers, pot plants, homemade jams or pickles, fruit/vegetable or herbs cut or growing in a container, village gardens (vegetable allotments) and front garden street appeal.
The show also included a crafts corner, raffles, spot prizes, refreshments, and numerous miniature Christmas trees as part of a competition among both villages.
Gold coin donations for a calendar, created by Mainfreight, will go to the Books in Homes charity.
Best-in-show bloom winner went to Midlands Gardens resident Len Miles for his deep purple delphinium.
“I’m rapt,” he said.
“It was totally unexpected.
“It was grown from some seeds that were given to me.
