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Garden for Life

Garden for Life

Helen Dew’s Garden for Life New to the garden tour is a tiny garden packed with edibles. With only 400 square metres to play with, passionate and innovative gardener Helen Dew designed it for maximum and sustainable food production. Helen is a bit famous in...
Grand Illusions

Grand Illusions

Grand Illusions This small 800 square metre garden packs a punch. Though small in area, it’s grand in stature and finds space for a series of themed rooms ranging in style from colonial to contemporary. Craig Thorburn is an award-winning gardener. With three golds at...
Hattenburn

Hattenburn

Hattenburn This rural Carterton garden beneath the Tararuas benefits from a high annual rainfall and has to stand up to strong winds. Over 13 years, the owners have transformed a bare paddock into a lush oasis of native bush. Well-established second canopy species of...
Holbrook Forest Garden

Holbrook Forest Garden

Holbrook Forest Garden The Holbrook family have bold plans to convert their 2.46 hectare farmland paddocks into an organic food forest and flower farm. Planting began in earnest in 2016 with visionary Heidi at the helm.The farm was originally part of Carterton’s...
Ivy Turret

Ivy Turret

Ivy Turret Six years ago, Ivy Turret Gardens was a half-acre section of mainly grass, a handful of mature trees and an established hedge. Enter Stu (head gardener) and artistic director Kalli and now it’s a colourful mix of flourishing flora and eclectic garden art....