 TE AWA SCHOOL; History of Hawke’s Bay garden / blessing the apple trees After the trees had been planted it was time for Ahuriri Sunrise member Rev Nigel Kynoch to conduct a blessing of the trees. As the apple grove is a part of the garden that symbolises the European horticultural contribution to Hawke’s Bay history, a blessing of the apple trees (such as this) would be exactly what would have happened when the original trees were planted in The Bay and thus, appropriate for the Te Awa School trees as well. After all, in the good old days both the planting and harvesting would have been similarly blessed. The trees were blessed by Nigel, water was gently dripped onto them by the students, and thus our happy occasion ended. Rotary Ahuriri Sunrise thanks all concerned for making this apple tree grove planting day such a memorable occasion… Te Awa School Principal Greta Van Zyl and the pupils who planted the trees Past DG Grant Spackman for obtaining the trees Marty and Kelli Cooke for donating the trees Tree Planters President Adrienne Williams and members Carol Pipe, Peter Edmead, Lynne & Tony Trafford, and Rev Nigel Kynoch for his blessing |
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