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Horticulture

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

BURROWS, Charles Joseph interviewed by Win Hamilton

 Record Group — Box 57
Identifier: H0612
Overview Charles Burrows was born in 1871 [1872 stated on his gravestone] and arrived in New Zealand with his parents in September 1874. His father Nathan Burrows was gardener in Invercargill and then for G M Bell at Waimea Estate near Riversdale. Discusses his early life and early Gore history. Charles Burrows was a successful nurseryman, Borough Councillor and was involved on school committees and church management but the tape does not include this latter material. Recalls aspects of his early life...
Dates: 1970

KILKELLY, Noleen Valda interviewed by Judith Thomas

 Record Group — Box 46
Identifier: H0492
Overview In this interview, valda talks about her early life in the Nightcaps area and moving from there to Winton during her school years and then Invercargill. She describes her career starting working in nurseries and going on to manage the rose gardens in Invercargill's Queen's Park. She talks about her love of roses and her favourite varieties and also of the apprentices who came to work with her.
Dates: 2022

ROBBIE, Elizabeth Ann interviewed by Cathy Macfie

 Record Group — Box 61
Identifier: H0591
Overview Ann talks family history, employment, interest and involvement in bag pipes and the Pipe Band, and incidents in her life that helped to form her beliefs and her commitment to being an advocate for vulnerable people. She became the first female Qualified Horticulturalist Arborist in NZ. She details her varied employment record and employers, marriage and family. Ann tells of the crippling interest rates in the 1980s and impacts on their farming. She goes on to tell of the hardships faced when...
Dates: 2022