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Warkworth Garden Club secretary Lois New says the event usually attracts about 300 entries.
“Come smell the roses!”
The show includes 28 categories, including arrangements in ‘a domestic teapot’ and arrangements in an eggcup.
This year there is no class for best vegetable garden, instead there is a $100 prize for best garden on a 1000m2 (quarter acre) section or less. The winner will also take home the Grange Trophy, donated by the former Grange Garden Centre in Warkworth. Entries for this category close November 12.
The Best Street in Warkworth is also keenly contested category, with a lot of pride at stake.
Lois hopes a workshop hosted by regular rose show winners, Norma and Graeme Miller, held in June will see more entrants and a step up in quality. Tips included brushing milk and water on leaves to make them shiny, using cotton buds to loosen up the petals and putting roses in the fridge or icy water to keep them fresh.
The flower show had been held in Warkworth Town Hall since 1928, however it has been at the Masonic hall for the past four years while the town hall is restored. Louis hopes the show will return to its home next year, when renovations should be finished.
“When I went in the first time 15 years ago I couldn’t believe the show. When you walk in the door the perfume is incredible. But the number of classes has been squeezed to get into the Old Masonic Hall, so we a are looking forward to returning to the town hall.”
The deadline has been pushed back two weeks, due to a booking clash, which should see a different variety of plants compared with previous years.
Entries close November 26, 3pm.
The event runs from 12-5pm, with prizegiving at 1pm. Entry $2.
Show schedules are available from the Warkworth i-Site, Mahurangi East Library, Mahurangi Matters office in Neville Street and Tumbleweed Garden Centre in Matakana.
Info: Show convener Annette Sharp 422 7766 or club secretary Lois New 425 7867 warkworthgardenclub.com
