Some hidden gems of gardens in the super-city’s Bombay Hills will open for a ramble in two weeks time.
Gardeners in Karaka East, Drury, Drury Hills and Ramarama will welcome visitors to their properties on November 15-16 to help raise funds for the Franklin Hospice.
A lecture series at the Ramarama School features celebrity chef, Jo Seagar, patron of Hospice New Zealand, who will talk about “a little of what you fancy” and Tony Murrell of Mucking In television fame. Xanthe White will talk about landscape design while Lynda Hallinan will give a presentation on ‘the gluttonous gardener’. Television personality Te Radar will talk about ‘a man, a plan and a paddock’.
Some hidden gems of gardens in the super-city’s Bombay Hills will open for a ramble in two weeks time.
Gardeners in Karaka East, Drury, Drury Hills and Ramarama will welcome visitors to their properties on November 15-16 to help raise funds for the Franklin Hospice.
A lecture series at the Ramarama School features celebrity chef, Jo Seagar, patron of Hospice New Zealand, who will talk about “a little of what you fancy” and Tony Murrell of Mucking In television fame. Xanthe White will talk about landscape design while Lynda Hallinan will give a presentation on ‘the gluttonous gardener’. Television personality Te Radar will talk about ‘a man, a plan and a paddock’.
Christmas market stalls for early-bird shoppers will be set up in the Ramarama Community Hall and lunch will be available at local cafes and venues on the ramble. Vintage car displays and museums will be set up.
The Franklin Hospice garden ramble is from 10am-4.30pm on November 15 and 16 and is based at Ramarama School, 126 Ararimu Road, Auckland. Tickets cost $45 ($40 per ticket for groups of 10 or more) and the speaker sessions are $10 per session.
More information is online at www.franklinhospiceramble.org.nz.
The Times has a double pass to give away for the Franklin Hospice Garden Ramble on November 15 or November 16 based at Ramarama School, 126 Ararimu Road.
To enter, simply fill in the form below.
One entry / email address per person; Winner advised by phone or email.
Entries close on November 10, 2014.
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