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...
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