Parnell Festival of Roses
10 - 11 November 2007
Noon - 6pm daily
Parnell Rose Gardens, Gladstone Road, Parnell
Free event
Auckland city's favourite floral festival, the Parnell
Festival of Roses, signals summer is blooming. A huge variety of events planned
during the weekend promises fun for the whole family. Highlights include:
- strolling among the roses at the Parnell Rose Gardens (Sir
Dove-Myer Robinson Park) and enjoying New Zealand craft stalls, art exhibitions,
music and other entertainment on both days from noon to 6pm
- delighting in an abundance of tempting early Christmas shopping specials
at the Parnell Road Market Day on Saturday from 8am to noon
- taking part in the official re-opening celebration of Parnell
Road's upgraded Heard Park on Saturday at 11am
-
a new farmers market at Parnell Community Centre (Jubilee Building, 545
Parnell Road, Saturday, 8am to noon)
- reliving the past with local historian Rendell McIntosh on a
leisurely one-hour guided heritage walk around Judges Bay on Saturday at 9am or
Sunday at 3pm (meet at the car park at the end of Judges Bay Road)
- checking out Grafton's heritage buildings in a guided walk with local
historian Rendell McIntosh on
Sunday at 10am (phone 379 2095, ext 9704 to book)
- exploring the area's unique boutiques, galleries, cafes and
restaurants on the free bus running every 20 minutes on Saturday and Sunday
between noon and 6pm from Broadway to Parnell Rise and taking in the Parnell
Rose Gardens
- enjoying the Auckland Embroiderers' Guild annual exhibition at
Selwyn Library (Saturday and Sunday, 10am to 5pm) and Auckland Rose Society
Inc's Exhibition of Roses at the Holy Trinity Cathedral (Saturday, 11am to 5pm
and Sunday, 10am to 4pm)
- picnicking to the soulful sounds of the Nairobi Trio and alluring
Opera Factory on Sunday from 4pm to 6pm at the rose gardens.
Parnell Community Library has a rose quiz from 5 to 10
November 2007, with literary based questions using the word rose to test your skill
using the library's catalogue system.
For all enquires in relation to stalls please contact Gus Simonovic 021 2323
739 or email ParnellFestival@gmail.com
Complete our
survey and be in to win a bottle of Van Ash Rose 2006 and $50 AWA gardening voucher.
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