Dowdeswell Family Pages

New Millennium Delphiniums

Our Nursery
In July 1999 we moved home and nursery to Wanganui - here are some photos of the new nursery as it developed. There are more photos of the delphinium nursery in later years on the Nursery II page.

1/9/99 - some progress has been made, the water tank is in and driveway formed	20/9/99 - holes drilled for posts and posts concreted in for shadehouses and packing shed

5/10/99 -concrete pad laid for packing shed, packing shed trusses fixed in place	1/11/99 - sides up on the shadehouse and packign shed to lockable stage

1/11/99 - plants and irrigation finally installed in shadehouse, still no cover	January 2000 - the finished north end of the plastic house (the White House) planted up with seed crop. The south end is named Harrods.

July 000 - the same view as shown bfore - now the retail sales area.	New plants growing in Harrods


Four photos above of seed mothers in the shadehouse - roughly 50% of these blooms are pollinated every second day

Tetsu made the path in Harrods	Seed trials newly planted in the paddock


Four photos above of the seed trial beds
	Left: Plants grown to supply cuttings for clone plants




These eight photos above show the development of the display garden.