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Despite the the lack of entries this year, judges still found it hard to pick a winner in the various categories.
Wet weather is being blamed for the lowest number of entries in the Warkworth Rose and Flower Show since the Warkworth Garden Club took it over in 1999.The event was held at the Old Masonic Hall on November 18 with around 200 exhibits, where there would normally be over 300.
“We’ve had so much wind and rain of late, and if the flowers have grown they’ve been battered about,” show convenor Annette Sharp says.
“It is surprising how good the roses are looking, though. The other flowers are down in numbers, but the roses seem to be able to take a bit of wind.”
Warkworth Garden Club publicity manager Lois New says the exhibits were a testament to the determination and skill of local gardeners.
The Sesquicentennial Cup for Best in Show was awarded to Fay Illingworth, who also won the President’s Cup and Candlesticks award.
Shirley Scholefield took the Freda Holt Trophy for Champion of Champions Rose.
The Best Street in Warkworth and Matakana was again given to Ashmore Crescent, while best house as seen from the road was 35 Southgate Road, which received the Hamilton Trophy.
The Wilkinson Salver for an aesthetic contribution to Warkworth and Matakana was given to the Sculptureum on Omaha Flats Road.
The show has been running for 95 years and is expected to return to the Warkworth Town Hall next year.
Other award winners were:
Campbell D’Arcy Cup, Sally Greenwood; Flora Reilly Cup, the Perpetual Challenge Rose Bowl, Cruickshank Cup, Julia Snelling; Helen and Henry Phibbs Trophy, Shirley Shirley; and Warkworth Garden Club Cup, Ann Dewhirst.
