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Mason's Dahlia Nurseries, Leeston
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TitleMason's Dahlia Nurseries, Leeston
DescriptionFrom c.1944 to c.1952 V. G. Mason ran Mason's Dahlia Nurseries at his home 'Awapiko', in Selwyn Street, Leeston. He grew a wide variety of blooms, from the giant cactus variety to small dahlia pom-poms. He advertised bulbs regularly in the Ellesmere Guardian, and gave talks on dahlia cultivation to local community groups.
Okains Bay-born Valmond Mason was also an accountant who worked for the Central Canterbury Electric Power Board (in its various iterations) for 43 years from 1925. At the time of his retirement in 1969 he had a collection of one thousand orchids.
DescriptionFrom c.1944 to c.1952 V. G. Mason ran Mason's Dahlia Nurseries at his home 'Awapiko', in Selwyn Street, Leeston. He grew a wide variety of blooms, from the giant cactus variety to small dahlia pom-poms. He advertised bulbs regularly in the Ellesmere Guardian, and gave talks on dahlia cultivation to local community groups.Okains Bay-born Valmond Mason was also an accountant who worked for the Central Canterbury Electric Power Board (in its various iterations) for 43 years from 1925. At the time of his retirement in 1969 he had a collection of one thousand orchids.
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PlaceKarumata LeestonMore Information1949 Catalogue for Mason's Dahlia NurseriesJanuary 1969 Newspaper account of V. G. Mason's retirementOctober 1944 V. G. Mason gives a lecture on dahlia cultivation to the Leeston Horticultural SocietyFebruary 1944 V. G. Mason gives a talk on dahlias to the Southbridge Women's Institute
More Information1949 Catalogue for Mason's Dahlia NurseriesJanuary 1969 Newspaper account of V. G. Mason's retirementOctober 1944 V. G. Mason gives a lecture on dahlia cultivation to the Leeston Horticultural SocietyFebruary 1944 V. G. Mason gives a talk on dahlias to the Southbridge Women's InstituteAttribution
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Mason's Dahlia Nurseries, Leeston. Selwyn Stories, accessed 28/05/2026, https://selwynstories.selwynlibraries.co.nz/nodes/view/6073