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Di Jensen stole the Rose and Flower Show for a second year running, picking up three back-to-back awards.
The annual show, run by the Warkworth Garden Club, was held at the Warkworth Town Hall on November 16.
Di took out the Freda Holt Trophy for the champion of champions rose and the Perpetual Challenge Rose Bowl for most points across sections A,B,C and D. She also won the Helen and Henry Phibbs Trophy for most points in section D.
Mike Sharp proved to be the up and coming gardener, picking up the Flora Reilly Cup for most points in section B and the Cruickshank Cup for a rose judged on merit in section B.
The show welcomed a similar number of entries to last year, with a strong showing from the Warkworth Primary School.
Around 90 children got involved and the best compositions were chosen for display across four categories.
Show publicity officer Lois New says the weather was favourable prior to the show, setting a high standard for the competition. She also noted there was an increase in roses at this year’s event.
A surplus of $1500 from the show funds was distributed at the prizegiving to Heritage Roses NZ (Northland), Mahurangi River Restoration Trust and Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust.
Other winners were as follows; Campbell D’Arcy Cup, Sally Greenwood; Flora Reilly Cup, Ella Canal and Val Dunn; Candlesticks, Fay Illingworth; Warkworth Garden Club Cup, Gayleen Brown; President’s Cup, Julia Snelling; Sesquicentennial Cup, Violet Allen; Hamilton Trophy, 2 Ashmore Crescent; Plaque, Laly Haddon Place, Matakana; Wilkinson Salver, Kowhai Park walkway.
