Nor'West News: October 10, 2017

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‘Explosion of colour’ rewards gardeners
Fire rages, homes at risk
• By Julia Evans
THE LOVELOCKS have done
it again.
Northwood residents Brian
and Janet Lovelock came away
with the premier gold at this
season’s spring gardening awards
from the Canterbury Horticultural
Society.
The couple also added two
gold awards from the Christchurch
Beautifying Association’s
spring garden awards to their
collection in the open and secret
garden categories.
“We’re pretty proud, we’ve
always been big gardeners,” Mrs
Lovelock said, they spend almost
every day outdoors.
She said the trophies will be
put in a display case at their
house until they have to be
returned for the next round of
summer judging.
Which she said the pair are
already working towards.
“Some of my seedlings are already
coming up. It never stops,”
Mrs Lovelock said.
Although the Lovelocks spend
every day in the garden together,
they wouldn’t often be caught
sitting out there having a cup of
tea.
“If we sit out there, we always
spot something that could be
better or needs to be fixed and
keep working,” she said.
But Mrs Lovelock said there
is nothing more rewarding than
their garden.
“You get the tiniest handful of
seed and watch it turn into an
explosion of colour in the garden
displays,” she said.
The Lovelock’s spring award
winning garden included tulips,
polyanthas and shrubs like rhododendrons
and azaleas.
But come November they’ll
be pulling out the annuals and
planting their summer garden.
Canterbury Horticultural Society
Spring Garden Awards full results:
Medium residential
Premier gold – Brian and Janet Lovelock.
32 Applefield Court, Northwood.
Silver – Vicki Fowler and Bernie Smulders,
17 Mauger Drive, Heathcote Valley. Silver
– Ian and Val Foster, 190 Gayhurst Rd,
Dallington. Bronze – Peter Van Der Zee,
9 Clipper Place, Redwood. Merit – Nancy
Meherne. 47 Head St, Sumner.
New home
Silver – Allan and Margaret Shears, 49
Richmond Ave, Halswell.
Pocket garden
Merit – Eden Kendall, Flat F, 667
Worcester St, Linwood.
Retirement villages
Gold – Ngaio Marsh Retirement Village,
95 Grants Rd, Papanui. Silver – Diana
Isaac Retirement Village, 1 Lady Isaac Way,
Mairehau. Silver – Merivale Retirement
Village, 60 Browns Rd, Merivale. Bronze
– Golden Age Retirement Village. 96
Harewood Rd, Papanui. Bronze – The Oaks,
Oceania Healthcare, 88 Main South Rd,
Upper Riccarton. Bronze – Lady Wigram
Retirement Village, Corsair Drive, Wigram.
Schools and learning
Merit – Villa Maria College, 21 Peer St,
Riccarton.
Business and institutions
Gold – Chateau on the Park Chch – A
Double Tree by Hilton, 189 Deans Ave,
Riccarton. Gold – Commodore Hotel, 449
Memorial Ave, Avonhead. Gold – Avon
City Motel, 402 Main North Rd, Redwood.
Christchurch Beautifying Association
Garden Spring Garden Awards full
results
Home gardens
Andrews Cup (open class)
1st – Janet and Brian Lovelock. 32 Applefield
Court, Northwood. 2nd – Anne
Offwood, 18 Watermill Boulevard, Northwood.
3rd – Peter Van Der Zee, 9 Clipper
Pl, Redwood.
BLUE RIBBON:
Frequent garden
award winners
Janet and Brian
Lovelock have
won another
award from
the Canterbury
Horticultural
Society’s spring
garden awards.
PHOTO: GEOFF
SLOAN
Certificate of merit
Claire Hamilton, 63 Applefield Court,
Northwood, Diana Madgin, 132 Port Hills
Rd, Heathcote.
Gray Trophy (novice)
1st – Geoff Teehan, 1 Durell Ave,
Halswell. 2nd – Ursula Schmidtke, 25
Molesworth Pl, Cashmere. 3rd – Margaret
McLay, 10 Bennett St, Papanui.
CBA Trophy - Secret Garden
1st – Janet and Brian Lovelock, 32 Applefield
Court, Northwood. 2nd – Carol
and Ray Skinner, 26 Applefield Court,
Northwood. 3rd= Ian and Val Foster,
190 Gayhurst Rd, Dallington. 3rd= Vicki
Fowler and Bernie Smulders, 17 Mauger
Dr, Heathcote.
Certificate of Merit
Diana Madgin, 132 Port Hills Rd,
Heathcote. Lorraine and Brian Campbell.
23 Horton Pl, Avondale.
Avonhead Garden Club Trophy (factories
and commercial premises)
1st – Avon City Motel, 402 Main North
Rd, Redwood. 2nd – Foodstuffs SI Ltd,
167 Main North Rd, Papanui. 3rd= John
Rhind Funeral Directors, 13-19 London
St, Richmond.
3rd= TE Connectivity, 14 Mary Muller Dr,
Heathcote.
Certficate of Merit
Commodore Airport Hotel, 449 Memorial
Ave, Burnside.
Pavilions Hotel, 42 Papanui Rd, St Albans.
Woolston Club, 43 Hargood St, Woolston.
Shirley Tennis Club. 102 Woodchester
Ave, Richmond.
Peter Lawrence Trophy – rest and
retirement homes
1st – Alpine View Lifestyle Village,
448 Prestons Rd, Burwood. 2nd – Lady
Wigram Village, 95 Corsair Dr, Wigram.
3rd – Golden Age Retirement Village, 96
Harewood Rd, Papanui.
Certificate of merit
Edith Cavill Life Care, 40 Head St,
Sumner. Lady Diana Isaac Retirement Village,
1 Lady Isaac Way, Mairehau.
Merivale Retirement Village, 60 Browns
Rd, Merivale.
Elmswood Retirement Village, 131
Wairakei Rd, Bryndwr.
Margaret Stoddart Retirement Village,
23 Bartlett St, Riccarton. Anthony Wilding
Retirement Village. 5 Corbett Cres,
Aidenfield.
Merivale Rest Home Trophy – continuing
standard
1st – Essie Summers Retirement Village,
222 Colombo St, Beckenham.
Mitchell Trophy (specials – Residential
– trees and shrubs)
1st – Ian and Val Foster, 190 Gayhurst
Rd, Dallington.
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