CLUB MEMBERS VISIT HAVELOCK NORTH GARDENS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 20, 16 October 1937, Page 12

CLUB MEMBERS VISIT HAVELOCK NORTH GARDENS

Memberk of the Hastings Women s Community Club enjoyed a very pleasant afternoon yestcrdav ' when, at. tbe invitatxoiL of Mrs Mason /Chandlers, they - visited - ■ her - home, -."Tauroa," Havelock North. and wandcred about the very beaxxtiful gardenB. Mrs, Ghambers welcomedher guests when they arrived and escorted them all over the gardens. explaining much of jnterest about the various flowers. shrubs and trees. The garden wasi look-' ing very bright ancJfa bed of very gay nemesia in many shades was much admired, also a long bed of blue nemesia and anofher bed oF*vivid shaded ranunculixs. • ' ■ ' m -'\ Many very beautiful flowering cherry and apple trees were a lovely sight and bloom looked most gay. Under some of bright little- patches of tulips in full the lovely old trees which add such a charm to this very beautiful garden Were beds of ciuararias, soon to he n most beautiful sight, and other beds of white, blue and mauve scillas were very pretty. In severai piots of polyanthus some fine blooms were to ho. 8een -and a large variety of uncommon shrubs were of grcat intex'est to th« members. After the gardens had been eeen most thoroughly the members motored back to Di*. and Mrs K. E. Cromptoxx's home, where Mrs Crompton, the leader of the garden circle, had itivited them to be her guests i'or afternoon te». Aftex' - tea. Mrs Crompton' s garden was also seen, and the wftole afternoon was most enjoyable. Tlxose presblit Were c, Mrs K. E. . Crompton, Mrs H. M. Bishop, Miss Iibwxs, Mrs A. Lockie, Mrs R. Puflett, Mrs F. L. Bone, Mrs E. M. Marshall, Mrs B. Shadbolt, Mrs J. Wright, Mrs B. Gilbertson, -Mrs Hedley Harvey, Mrs Rarry Harvey, Mrs H. Stratton. Mrs Dickie and Mrs J. Craig.