An advertisement in the Poverty Bay Herald in July 1880 called for anyone interested in establishing a horticultural and floricultural society in Gisborne to attend a meeting in the Masonic Hall.
Forty-four years and many flower shows later, the society became a registered incorporated society in August 1924.
It will celebrate its centenary on September 28 with a high tea at the Bush...
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