RDA Finalist in Gardner of the year 2018 "Please vote for us"
Hi Everyone, Whangarei group RDA are very lucky to be a finalist in the 2018 Gardener of the Year competition thanks to the wonderful efforts of Bev Philpott and her amazing team of volunteers. This group propagate plants from their own gardens and work in the on-site nursery to provide plants for sale, and to-date have raised over $17,000 to support the therapy work of Whangarei RDA.
To win we need your help, would you all share this post far and wide to your friends, click on the link in the ad and vote for us please. This is an amazing opportunity for this branch and we are very fortunate to get this far. Voting closes by the 1 November. There is an article in the latest NZ Gardener mag pick yourself up a copy and have a read. I have attached a copy of it. Thanks everyone VOTE VOTE VOTE for us.
NZ Gardener magazine
October 1 at 2:22 PM ·
Meet our 2018 NZ Gardener of the Year finalists! Any familiar faces? Their stories are in our hot-off-the-press October issue. To vote for your favourite, click here: t.comms.stuff.co.nz...
Best way to use leftovers?
I'm sure you've got some excess ham at home or cold roast potatoes.
What are some of your favourite ways to use leftover food from Christmas day? Share below.
⚠️ DOGS DIE IN HOT CARS. If you love them, don't leave them. ⚠️
It's a message we share time and time again, and this year, we're calling on you to help us spread that message further.
Did you know that calls to SPCA about dogs left inside hot cars made up a whopping 11% of all welfare calls last summer? This is a completely preventable issue, and one which is causing hundreds of dogs (often loved pets) to suffer.
Here are some quick facts to share with the dog owners in your life:
👉 The temperature inside a car can heat to over 50°C in less than 15 minutes.
👉 Parking in the shade and cracking windows does little to help on a warm day. Dogs rely on panting to keep cool, which they can't do in a hot car.
👉 This puts dogs at a high risk of heatstroke - a serious condition for dogs, with a mortality rate between 39%-50%.
👉 It is an offence under the Animal Welfare Act to leave a dog in a hot vehicle if they are showing signs of heat stress. You can be fined, and prosecuted.
SPCA has created downloadable resources to help you spread the message even further. Posters, a flyer, and a social media tile can be downloaded from our website here: www.spca.nz...
We encourage you to use these - and ask your local businesses to display the posters if they can. Flyers can be kept in your car and handed out as needed.
This is a community problem, and one we cannot solve alone. Help us to prevent more tragedies this summer by sharing this post.
On behalf of the animals - thank you ❤️
Poll: Would you rather: Christmas in summer forever or winter forever?
Just a bit of a fun poll to get you thinking.
If you had to live out your Christmas days, would you prefer it was a summer Christmas or a winter Christmas?
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61.9% Summer
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36.6% Winter
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1.5% Other - I'll share below
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