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Dunedin Horticultural Society Inc.: Records

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Reference NumberARC-0077CreatorDunedin Horticultural Society Inc.DescriptionThe collection includes minutes, membership records, correspondence, financial records, files relating to the history of the society, and photographs.
Only a small part of this collection is digitised and available through Digital Collections. Information about other items can be found on the Hākena catalogue, through the Library Catalogues link above.History / BiographyThe Dunedin Horticultural Society was founded on 30 October 1881, but it had existed, albeit in somewhat piecemeal fashion, for thirty years. The Otago Horticultural Society was formed on 14 February 1851, but was subsumed in the Agricultural and Horticultural Association of Otago after just three months. It re-emerged in 1859 to organise Otago's first horticultural show, and staged several more exhibitions before disappearing in 1861, a casualty of the gold-rush. It reformed in June 1863 as the Horticultural Society of Otago, but slipped into insolvency in 1866. The Agricultural and Pastoral Society assisted in its revival as the Royal Horticultural Society of Otago in 1869, and under this banner the society initially flourished, until support seemed to wane and it again went into recession in 1877. The society has however, enjoyed continuous existence since forming as the Dunedin Horticultural Society in 1881.
(From Shaw, Louise, 'Southern Gardening: a History of the Dunedin Horticultural Society')

Photograph

Large suburban vegetable garden

Competition judges in J.N. Murdoch's ornamental garden, Falkland Street, Maori Hill

Garden of V.G. Percy, 1 Muir Street, Green Island

Dunedin Horticultural Society competition judges in the garden of Terry Smith, 53 Garfield Avenue, Roslyn

Dunedin Horticultural Society garden competition judges in garden, Garfield Avenue, Roslyn

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SubjectsHorticultural societiesHorticultural ExhibitionsHorticultureGardens

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