I’ve just had a fascinating week in the Chatham Islands, interviewing lots of locals about the days when the RNZAF’s Sunderland flying boats provided one of the main links to mainland New Zealand (1940s to 1960s).
I heard wonderful stories, but sadly it was too early to see the glorious blue of Chatham Island ‘lilies’ (as the locals call the ‘forget-me-nots’) in flower. However, I did return with a HUGE crayfish, lots of blue cod and a small pot of lily seedlings.
Bee will be talking about the Katherine Mansfield Birthplace garden where she works as a volunteer gardener. She will also be talking about her book A History of Gardening in New Zealand.
Bee will be talking about the heritage garden at the Katherine Mansfield Birthplace in Tinakori Road as well as about her book A History of Gardening in New Zealand.
Bee presented a paper on Researching a Garden’s History at the Botanic Gardens of Australia and New Zealand (NZ Branch) Design Seminar held at Hamilton Gardens.
I was presented with the Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture’s Garden History Award at their AGM in April.
They wrote a rather lovely citation, which I thought I would share with you.
RNZIH New Zealand Garden Journal Vol 14, No 1, June 2011, page 18.
Keynote speaker. Illustrated talk on ‘Digging for Victory’ – gardening in New Zealand during World War Two.
Illustrated talk on ‘Digging for Victory’ – gardening in New Zealand during World War Two.
Bee spoke about early gardens in the Wellington area.
Illustrated talk on the history of gardening in New Zealand, with discussion of the importance of honey and bumble bees, as well as the introduction of birds by the Acclimatisation Society.
Illustrated talk on the history of gardens in the Rotorua and Bay of Plenty district, with a special emphasis on the gardens of the early missionaries.
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