Successful Floral Festival

Gisborne's third Floral Festival was once again a great success, being attended by more than 4000 people when it was staged over two days in the Army Hall last month.

The theme of the festival was "Around the World With Flowers", and this was truly captured with courts artistically portraying typical scenes from eighteen different countries.

In addition to these, feature displays, many of them containing live demonstrations, added interest to the festival.

Some of the Floral Festival committee and executive gather to admire one of the displays. From left: Mrs P. J. McIntyre, Mrs B. H. Dodge (secretary), Mr F. Birkett (vice-president), Mrs G. A. Nicholls (president), Mrs A. H. Ballard, Miss N. Cotterill.

The life-size "Old Woman in the Shoe", by the Women's section R.S.A., was one of the impressive feature displays.

Mrs B. H. Dodge, secretary of the festival committee, touches up a floral corner.

Mrs P. Barton was an adept crafts-woman on an old spinning wheel

Mesdames B. Waipara and H. K. Ngata, of the Turanganui Women's Maori Welfare League, portrayed New Zealand.

The Lytton High School evening pottery class demonstrated its craft. Mrs D. Kohn is pictured at work.

Mexico, by the Townswomen's Guild.

The Waerenga-o-kuri group of the W.D.F.F. presented Switzerland

Admiring the Victoria League's Symbol of Our Unity, a beautiful floral replica of the coronation crown of England, are from left: Mesdames M. Milligan, P. Devenport, and P. Herman.

A giant basket of flowers, by the P.B. Horticultural Society, dominated the hall.

Lourdes was the title of this exhibit, by the Catholic Women's League.

A feature of the festival was a demonstration of smoke etching by Mrs F. M. Sanderson, of Hawkes Bay.

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The Gisborne Photo News

No 137 : November 3, 1965

Successful Floral Festival