Reticulata Frank Houser Variegated
Kapiti Branch Waikanae
Branch Executive
Branch President
Lesley Gillespie
39 Kohekohe Road, Waikanae 5036
Ph: 021960294
Email: [email protected]
Secretary
Margaret Monks
35 Horopito Road, WAIKANAE 5036
Ph: 04 902 4797
Email: [email protected]
Branch Programme
Introduction
All Branch meetings will be on Monday afternoons at 2.00 pm at the Presbyterian
Church Centre Hall, 43 Ngaio Road, Waikanae, unless otherwise stated.
Programme
- 1.30pm to 1.55pm In-house competition: Camellias any variety Non-members
are cordially invited to attend and if they have camellias in their garden they are
encouraged to bring their blooms of any colour and variety from their garden and
enter them in the Novice Class. There will be a member available to assist
- 2.00pm to 2.25pm All classes will be judged, and winning blooms will be awarded
1st, 2nd or third prize
- 2.00pm to 2.30pm In-house matters including a presentation of the plants of the
month followed by questions
- 2.30pm to 3.00pm Afternoon tea or coffee (gold coin donation appreciated), along
with social interaction. There will also be a raffle with a number of prizes, a sales
table with a variety of items, and a library of camellia and associated books
3.00pm to 4.00pm A Guest Speaker on a wide range of topics after which there will
be an opportunity to ask questions
The Branch continues with its meetings, and for 2021 they are -
May 3 Guest Speaker: Tricia Noble-Beasley, "Noble Estate - a family
owned olive grove": In-house competition: Camellias any
species
June 1 Winter luncheon and Special General meeting to approve the
Branch's accounts, Plateau Centre, Parkwood Retirement
Village, Waikanae. Guest Speaker: Gus Evans In-house
competition: Camellias any species
July 5 Guest Speaker: Peter Gillespie "The wicked and pernicious
weed- a brief history of hops"
August National Camellia Show and Convention - Tauranga. Details
13 to 16 on the National Show web page.
August 21 Unfortunately, the branch's annual show was cancelled again
due to a Covid 19 level 4 lockdown.
September 6 This meeting was also cancelled due to Covid restrictions.
Instead the branch conducted a virtual photographic competition
for all members. Details of this including winners with photos follow
September 14 Garden visits, this too was cancelled due to Covid to Woodhaven Gardens
Levin, Ruth and Gary's
October 1 Guest Speaker: Margaret Monks and Simon Read "Inspirational
Gardens around the world". In-house competition: Camellias
any species
November 1 2.00pm to 4.00pm, Garden Visit: Guided garden walk with Kevin
Pritchard, Chief of Grounds, at Midlands Retirement Village,
Trent Drive (off Milne Drive), followed by afternoon tea
Hybrid Dr Colin Crisp
Branch's Virtual Photographic Competition
This was held in lieu of a cancelled branch meeting on Monday 6 September
The requirements were for entrants to take a photographs of their blooms in
a receptacle on Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 September and email them to the
co-ordinator by 9.00am on Monday 6
The rules permitted two blooms in each of the three species (Japonica,
Hybrid and Reticulata) with a maximum of six blooms overall
There were 22 blooms including a number of outstanding ones entered
by seven entrants
David who judged the blooms commented that it was a worthy and rewarding
competition, and was impressed by the excellent photography. Each of the
three species were judged 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.
For Japonicas the 1st was Antarctic Star by Pam & Brian, 2nd Lesley with San Dimas,
and 3rd = were Lesley and Margaret with Tinsie Bokuhan and Maroon & Gold
Antartic Star
San Dimas
For Hybrids 1st = were Peggy Burton and Water Lily by Pam & Brian and 3rd was
Sweet Jane by Alison and Dirk
Peggy Burton
Water Lily
For Reticulata 1st = were Lesley with Chrysanthemum Petal and Pam & Brian
with Rita Hagman, and 3rd was Brian with Frank Houser Variegated
Rita Hagman
The overall winner was Peggy Burton by Pam & Brian
Overall it was a very successful first virtual photograph competition. All the entries
were worthy contenders with some excellent blooms. And all the winners are
congratulated on their results. With some fine tuning to the rules we hope to have
the competition again maybe some time next year.
KAPITI'S BRANCH ANNUAL SHOW
Friday 20 - Saturday 21 AUGUST 2021
Unfortunately, this was cancelled due
to a level 4 Covid lockdown
Henry's Surprise
NATIONAL SHOW AUGUST 2021
The annual National Show was held on Saturday
14 August in Tauranga.
The blooms stood out in their varying sizes, colours,
and species.
The Champion Bloom of the Show was an outstanding
Roger Hall, a Japonica, by Cathy Phillips, Western Bay
of Plenty.
Cathy is congratulated on this result.
Lady luck was on our side because had it been on the following
weekend it would have been cancelled due to a
Covid 19 lockdown.
The winning bloom
