Last minute Mothers Day gifts!
After a little Mothers Day token for mum? You might find what you are after at Alberton's gift shop The Verandah Store.
As well as homewares, cards, jewellery, tea, vintage tea cups and other trinkets we stock handmade soap, homemade preserves and honey from the hives in the garden!
Every purchase is a much appreciated donation supporting Alberton and Heritage New Zealand. All proceeds go towards caring for 48 historic properties around the country as well us undertaking the wider work of the organisation.
The Verandah Store at Alberton. 100 Mt Albert Road, Mt Albert. 846 7367
Open Wed-Sun 10:30-4:30.
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I dance in the sky with green and gold, a spectacle few are lucky to behold; I’m best seen in the south, a celestial sight—what am I, lighting up the New Zealand night?
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Some Choice News!
Many New Zealand gardens aren’t seeing as many monarch butterflies fluttering around their swan plants and flower beds these days — the hungry Asian paper wasp has been taking its toll.
Thanks to people like Alan Baldick, who’s made it his mission to protect the monarch, his neighbours still get to enjoy these beautiful butterflies in their own backyards.
Thinking about planting something to invite more butterflies, bees, and birds into your garden?
Thanks for your mahi, Alan! We hope this brings a smile!
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