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A host of golden daffodils

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Heather Spence’s bucket is almost full, ready for another. Pictures by Liam Clayton

Mahanga farmer Merv Goodley with a bucket of daffodils, picked on a perfect day exactly a week before the official Daffodil Day yesterday. He was joined for the first pick by volunteers from the Gisborne East Coast Cancer Society, who were out and about yesterday with the flowers and daffodil-related merchandise in the service’s major fundraiser of the year.

Anne Vette and Lil Morgan tying up bundles of daffodils at Merv Goodley’s farm. This is the last year Mr Goodley will grow the flowers and the society is looking for a paddock or a patch of ground to plant the bulbs, once they are lifted over summer.

Students Tipiana Hayne (left) and Rivyenne Wharehinga (right) were in the main street yesterday collecting for Daffodil Day, the Cancer Society’s major fundraiser for the year. They joined Erin Jones and Cheryl Amor, who had a sales table set up in town with Cancer Society merchandise, as well as the signature yellow blooms which provided a bright spot on a grey day. Picture by Liam Clayton

Volunteers picked around 2500 stems but at least one more pick was scheduled before Daffodil Day yesterday.

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