Selwyn_Times: August 09, 2023
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Wednesday <strong>August</strong> 9 <strong>2023</strong> <strong>Selwyn</strong> <strong>Times</strong><br />
HILARY BARRY hosted the<br />
<strong>Selwyn</strong> Awards gala dinner in<br />
front of a crowd of more than<br />
620 people on Saturday night.<br />
The event, held at the <strong>Selwyn</strong><br />
Sports Centre, attracted<br />
148 award nominations and<br />
more than 8000 votes were<br />
cast for the People’s Choice<br />
award, which<br />
was won by<br />
Tock.earth Ltd,<br />
a educational<br />
outreach<br />
programme in<br />
schools.<br />
Said Mayor<br />
Sam Broughton:<br />
“We have so many incredible<br />
people living in our district<br />
and the <strong>Selwyn</strong> Awards<br />
acknowledges their efforts<br />
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and innovation. There was a<br />
huge amount of diversity and<br />
creativity among the nominees<br />
this year and their respective<br />
A ROLLESTON nursery<br />
worker has been named<br />
New Zealand’s young plant<br />
producer of the year.<br />
Lydia O’Dowd, 29, won<br />
a 12-month mentorship<br />
programme and $4000 to<br />
advance her career in plant<br />
production.<br />
She will now compete for<br />
the Young Horticulturist<br />
of the year title and a prize<br />
pool of more than $20,000 at<br />
the final in Auckland from<br />
causes or initiatives,” he<br />
says. “Well done to all of the<br />
nominees and congratulations<br />
to this year’s award winners.”<br />
November 7–8. O’Dowd<br />
has been head propagator at<br />
Southern Woods Nursery in<br />
Rolleston for three years.<br />
The competition tested<br />
her finance and dispatch<br />
skills, and knowledge of<br />
biosecurity, plant propagation<br />
and identification, tool<br />
maintenance, agrichemical<br />
use and irrigation.<br />
O’Dowd has a certificate<br />
in horticulture from Lincoln<br />
University.<br />
NEWS 17<br />
Big crowd for awards gala dinner<br />
Hilary<br />
Barry<br />
RECOGNISED: Mayor Sam Broughton with the TOCK.<br />
earth Ltd team who won the People’s Choice award.<br />
Overall category<br />
winners<br />
People’s Choice –<br />
TOCK.earth Ltd; Arts<br />
and Culture – Malvern<br />
Community Arts Council;<br />
Business Resilience<br />
– Larcomb Vineyard;<br />
Community Volunteering<br />
– Lisa Paget; Diversity<br />
and Inclusion – Waitaha<br />
School; Environment and<br />
Sustainability – Ellesmere<br />
Sustainable Agriculture<br />
Incorporated; Heritage<br />
– Mike Noonan; Sport<br />
Leadership – Affinity<br />
Gymnastics; Startup<br />
Business – Brown Acres<br />
Farm Ltd (Brown Acres<br />
Organic Microgreens);<br />
Tourism – The Herbal<br />
Garden; Young Achievers –<br />
Avi Singh Aulakh.<br />
Nursery worker eyes Young Horticulturist title<br />
She has been in the head of<br />
propagation role for just over<br />
a year.<br />
“Right now, I am exactly<br />
where I want to be. My job<br />
is so varied and rewarding,<br />
I love it. I am passionate<br />
about sustainability and<br />
growing natives to sell<br />
on to companies that<br />
are contributing to the<br />
restoration of our natural<br />
environment in NZ. That<br />
really motivates me.”<br />
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