Blooming great 58th annual town rose show next week
Te Awamutu Rose Society’s 58th annual RoseShow opens to the public on Friday, November 25 at the Baptist Church Hall, 106 Teasdale St, Te Awamutu.
It runs from 1pm to 6pm on Friday and from 9.30am to 4pm on Saturday. The show will be judged strictly under the official New Zealand Rose Society rules for judging.
Tickets will be sold outside FreshChoice Te Awamutu today. Admission is $3 for adults, and free for children.
They will also be selling raffle tickets for five prizes, which will also be on sale at the rose show. The raffle is drawn on Saturday, November 26, at 3.30pm and the winners will be notified.
This is the first Rose Show for several years and the committee is asking the community to get involved.
They are asking people to bring the best rose from their garden along between 6-8pm on Thursday, November 24. There will be prizes.
The people who attend will get the opportunity to decide their pick for the best rose from the community.
Some prizes will come under the best community rose and the best children’s rose.
Another competition for people to take part in is “count the roses in Te Awamutu”.
How many rose bushes do we have in our rose town?
The competition involves travelling around the town and sending in answers to go in the draw to win a romantic night’s accommodation for two at the deluxe Amberfields Bed and Breakfast, including a dinner, with the value of $500.
There are more rose gardens around than the beautiful beds on Gorst Avenue — there are 18 other rose beds.
■ Count all the rose bushes in the beds you find in the public rose gardens located at:
1. TeAwamutuRose Gardens on Gorst Avenue
2. Bank St by the Bowling Club
3. Memorial Park on Mutu St, opposite the council carpark
4. Little Theatre — Vaile St
5. Museum Corner — 135 Roche St
6. Woolshed — 268 Mahoe St 7. Mutu Street on the corner of Mutu and Churchill Sts
8. Walk of Fame — Arawata St
9. Main Street — Alexandra St
10. Roger’s Place Roundabout Arawata St / Ohaupo Rd/ Cambridge Rd / Albert Park Rd
11. Waipa District Council head office 101 Bank St
12. Bank Street roundabout
13. Anzac Green — corner of Bank and Teasdale Sts
14. Velodrome — Sports Stadium Armstrong Avenue
15. Victoria Park — Bank and Teasdale Sts
16. Goldpine Welcome Sign
17. State Highway 3, outside the motel on Ohaupo Rd
18. Outside the i-Site — Gorst Avenue
19. Mahoe Corner and Mutu St Enter via text to 021 663 552. Send your name, the number of the location and how many bushes there are at the location. Entries to this competition will close on Sunday, December 4.