National Hort Field Day set for more growth

The Field Day will be held on Friday, July 8 at Showgrounds Hawke's Bay in Hastings, moving one month later, after Mystery Creek Fieldays to ensure exhibitors who wanted to attend both events could. Historically the National Horticultural Field Day was the week before Mystery Creek.

The event has grown year on year as industry pushes for this to be the place for education, networking and information sharing, organisers say.

"The uniquely business to business event is growing to meet the industry's demand with full support of its founding partners, seeing exhibition space increase to make room for more exhibitors and the BNZ Seminar Series moved to a dedicated venue.

"The Field Day's partners have supported from the outset with a shared vision to make this the major Horticulture event for the year. With this backing, the event has found its niche, offering a place to come together for networking, education and development.

"Trade sites sales are very strong with past exhibitors quickly rebooking their sites, and a great level of interest from new attendees who see the potential of a strictly horticulture event."

This year the Field Day will be held in association with Horticulture New Zealand's RSE Conference, which will be held in Napier the days preceding the Field Day. Hawke's Bay has a large contingent of RSE workers and they are a key part of the local industry.

As the Field Day grows, it is expanding to include vegetable and cropping industries and businesses, to enhance the traditionally apple focussed event.

he National Horticultural Field Day will be held on Friday 8 July at Showgrounds Hawke's Bay in Hastings.