Story: Domestic recreation and hobbies

Gardener Dorothy Hood, 2010

Ornamental gardening has been very popular in New Zealand. Dorothy Hood of Waiuku, near Auckland, was a keen gardener and chairperson of the local Festival of Flowers.

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Kerryn Pollock, Domestic recreation and hobbies – Gardening and making things, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/41109/gardener-dorothy-hood-2010 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Kerryn Pollock, published 14 March 2013.