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Daffodil homecoming for Darfield u by Kent Caddick
The decision to hold the National Daffodil Society of New Zealand’s 2018 Daffodil Show in Darfield this month is a homecoming for one exhibitor. P3
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p David Adams is looking forward to bringing his prize blooms back to where his passion began
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David and Leitha Adams grow daffodils on their five-acre property near Yaldhurst, but their connections with the Malvern district of Selwyn run deep. Mr Adams, a now-retired teacher, was raised in Sheffield and can trace his roots back to one of the first farming families in Malvern. “My great-grandfather Thomas W Adams was the first farmer in Greendale,
with crops and later a tree nursery,” Mr Adams said. “He had eight sons including my grandfather who moved to Sheffield.” It was through his father, Les Adams, that he acquired his love of daffodils. “When I was growing up there was a group of around a dozen keen daffodil exhibitors including my father, along with Graeme Innes and Les Hawke, who were
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also from Sheffield, as well as Charlie Greening from Springfield and Mrs Westerway from Kimberly. “Annual flower shows were held in Sheffield, Darfield and Oxford and were well attended. We used to fill the old Darfield Hall and the Sheffield Hall with daffodils and other cut flowers. Continued on page 6…
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