Dahlia's for Weddings
Dahlia's can look absolutely amazing for boquets and wedding displays
Dahlias as cut flowers..... with some creativity the floral arrangements can be quite unique.
A bridal bouquet at Karin & Terry's big day January 2013
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Dahlia's for Special Events
More Dahlia Events
Kingsland/Jago wedding
... used dahlias to compliment the bridal party. Ordered from Australia, for their NZ wedding the dahlias had to be purple tones, and the bride was absolutely delighted
Katie and Glenn's Wedding 1st April
Its true......married on April 1st!
Karin & Terry's big day
Photo's supplied and used with permission
Janine & Andrew's wedding
Dahlias were used to dress up the refreshments table and sills of the stained glass window
Debra Hunt
of Orewa
took these shots of some table arrangements for a "Ladies high tea luncheon"
at the Orewa Baptist Church 2013.
Arrangements were made by
Joan Roberts.
The menfolk probably stayed at home and had dry bread.....
Judith from Whangaparaoa's Judith's Floral design www.judiths.co.nz
was helped by Linda on their Easter weekend to prepare the bouquets and buttonholes for this wedding.....
Katrina from
Jensens Hydrangeas (Ardmore)
and
Tony from
North South Flowers (Carnations)
supplied the extra's to complement the beautiful dahlias still flowering.......
Click to enlarge
The groom was all smiles, and so he should have beeen with a gorgeous new wife. What was amazing though was that the dahlia variety "Glenn Haven" named after him back in the 90's was absent from the big day......
Formerly from North West Auckland the couple are now hibernating in Taupo (2020) with 3x kids....
The TVNZ "Breakfast Show" featured dahlias from Dahlia Haven several times during the 2013 and 2014 seasons. These shots "clipped" from the live telecasts, shows the dynamic colour and form dahlias added to the set without distracting from the hosts.
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Antics and special events during the quiet part of the season 2019
Debbie and Pip at BLOOMBROKERS (Mt Wellington based wholesalers) have kindly sent us these photos of blooms they supplied for a wedding 2015. One photo appears to be taken by Eryn Victoria Photography
Waihi show 2020, one of the bigger upper North Island shows was well patronised once again.
Staging the blooms was quite messy for some frantic northern exhibitors, with flowers covering tables, floor and staging areas, and if I hadnt been busy reading the paper, I would have helped....
Dave Shirley (left) with a little help from his wife Kay, won the Champion of Champions with a newish variety called Aggie White, (a sport of Bryn Terfyl) and the first time shown in NZ competitions.
Picture on the right shows Kay & Dave having a tug of war to see who keeps the ribbon...
Russell & Sams wedding April 2018
Linda and Judith again arranged flowers for this young couple married at Puhoi. The rain pelted down all day and only stopped briefly when outside pictures were taken. Dahlias were used as part of the bouquets and in the archway at the back. The ballerina on the left just kept appearing in all the photo's. Not sure if she was a part of the bridal party or just liked dressing up like her uncle.
Not sure why this picture under the archway was taken, of the newly married couples cuzzies. Perhaps it was an inducement to try and get the youngest in the family married off.... (far right)
The girls were very pretty....
North Island 2019 National at Fielding saw a minibus load of pensioners and their blooms go from Auckland to enjoy the southern hospitality. A nice clean town and a great venue saw a good display.
Being handy to their home town made it easier for some mature folk, renown in the wider dahlia circle for their involvement in shows and for breeding new varieties over the years. This couple on the left came for a looksee and to catch up with old friends.
I think Betty left Malcolm at home reading an article about the wool prices, and he probably didnt notice she had even gone until his the scones ran out and his cuppa was cold......
This couple on the right came from the back blocks somewhere, and he was practising his moves in case they had to hitchhike back home again.
The aftershow dinner and prizegiving went well with new royalty from Te Puke in attendance. A vocal group from the South Island livened up the party, and the young ones from the north who went back for second helpings were kept in check by Peter who gave them the evil eye (left picture)
On the way home, we took an adventure in the minibus ( I'm a male, I dont need a map, I know where I'm going, I'm not stopping to ask...) and wound up seeing some fantastic scenery. A one way bridge took us over the river, and we thought that it would be good to visit in the wet season to see how full the river got. Great roads down there. Better bridges than in rural Auckland, less traffic, more courteous drivers (except for minibus/campervan drivers) and the fuel is cheaper too
Had a relief worker come from a retirement complex during July and she was helping with writing labels on tuber packages for this seasons orders.
Every now and then she would slowly close her eyes and doze off for 5 mins or so, and we took the opportunity to take this photo....
The Paparoa A&P Show early in the year has a very healthy dahlia section of passionate supporters and exhibitors. This season the show organisers, held an off season workshop in September and Linda from Dahlia Haven was invited to speak. The organisers were expecting 25-30 to show up and close to 100 came. The Kaipara Mayor Jason Smith was there showing an interest in his community and his favourite flower. There was a mad rush behind the scenes to get more afternoon tea ready, and the dahlias available on the day ran out quickly. The session covered the care and maintenance of dahlias, dividing tubers and some exhibition tips.
What a great day and hopefully the encouragement and enthusiasm shown on the day will be reflected in even greater numbers at their 144th show on the 1st February 2020 show.
Contact can be made through their website
www.paparoashow.org.nz/
Auckland Council and NZTA requirement of land for motorway expansion and on ramps 2019 throught to 2024 and beyond...
The public were a bit thinner on the ground than normal, due to a rugby game being played down the road.
Those that got their priorities right and came to view the blooms were taken with the variety on display.
Some of the newer ones on display were quite eye catching, as shown here to the left & right
With the Silverdale/Dairy Flat area being a future growth area for Auckland, and now a Fulton Hogan/Fletchers consortium planning an early start to over 100Ha of the future commercial/industrial area, Auckland Council, Auckland Transport and NZTA have big plans in the wind for roading and motorway expansion. Over 35,000 vehicles per day passed our gate, let alone the motorway traffic. Not much money set aside for the projects, but who needs to worry about things like that....except the taxpayer.
They currently want about 2Ha of our land for the urban expansion and if required, it would take our water supply, property access, orchard, tractor shed, vege garden, stock yards, plastic house, half of the dahlia gardens, parking, shelter belts and coppicing firewood block. If designations go on the land, we cannot do anything different on those areas without their permission, in case it compromises their ability to biuld their road in the future.
No compensation is made for any stress or designation on the land, until they require it. Strange system really. No big deal for the planners though, but they do supply a link to other outside agencies that can help with any associated stress......as if that resolves themselves from any responsibility. Maybe we should just let them use the land if we can put a toll gate up?
Anyway have a look below at the cropped picture from the Supporting Growth Alliance application to Council.
