Ballinger Horticulture Centre opens
1986
In 1985 Nelson Polytechnic and Blenheim Borough Council leased land in Budge Street, Blenheim from local horticulturist Ralph Ballinger and the $300,000 Ballinger Horticulture Centre was opened the following year.
Source
MEX
https://www.nmit.ac.nz/about/our-history/