October 14th, 2014 New Plymouth and Pukeiti Rhododendron Trust

A beautiful day in the gardens of  New Plymouth - Lynn Bublitz, a local rhodo club member and  prominent citizen of New Plymouth accompanied us to his garden, then to Pukeiti for lunch, and afterwards to the a beautiful home for dinner.

 Karen, Sue, and Helen at welcome reception in New Plymouth

 Norma and Mike

 Linda takes wonderful photos

 Helen from New Zealand

 Richard, our fearless (and amazingly organized) tour organizer and friend

 Cat in Lynn's garden

 Pukeiti garden - r. Simbu Sunset

 Clivia

 Vireya

 Pukeiti

 Huge rhodos

 Graham Smith, Lynn Bublitz, and Garth

 Herbert and Garth love to joke together

 Just an idea of the scale of these plants

 Stunning large leaf rhodo

 Our group

Too much beauty!