Many years ago, before it was developed, Head Gardener Frank Lewis planted Hannah Place as an orchard because he thought that if you lived in Kerikeri, you should be able to pick your own citrus.
As our housing expanded the various fruit trees were relocated around the Village and more species were added. Nowadays our orchard includes lemons, mandarins, oranges, tangelos, pears, plums, apples, peach, limes, tamarillos, bananas, guavas, grapefruit, persimmons and feijoas. Most are in our residents’ gardens with many happy to share their crop.
In recognition of this abundance, our current Head Gardener, Deb Condron, decided to hold a Citrus Celebration. We used the citrus to bake, preserve, create and share. A morning tea of delicious treats such as lemon drizzle cake, orange and blueberry cake and lemon meringue
was accompanied by hot lemon, ginger and honey drinks.
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