by Event Manager | Sep 19, 2022 | 2022 Garden
Mara Manu Mara Manu (Bird Garden) was named in 2012, 40 years after Maria and Miles Fairburn started their garden. They did so once they thought they had achieved their goal of bringing birds into the garden. When the property was acquired 1972 only four, exotic, bird...
by Event Manager | Sep 9, 2022 | 2022 Garden
Redbank Estate Vineyard The quiet solitude of Deborah’s garden provides her with the much-needed thinking time a busy business owner needs. Deborah, an award-winning journalist and newspaper columnist, former Act MP and author, has recently sold the bookshop she...
by Event Manager | Jul 22, 2022 | 2022 Garden
RICHMOND GARDENS It has been 8 years since Tim Clarke made Richmond his home, taking over from the green-fingers of Melanie and John Greenwood, and six years since we last saw the Richmond gardens on display in the Tour. Tim and Tessa O’Rorke have finally...
by Event Manager | Sep 20, 2022 | 2022 Garden
Stoneway Garden Carrying a piece of history with them Lynn and Grant’s property is named ‘STONEWAY’ which comes from Grant’s grandmother’s house. In 2002 the house was moved from its original position very close to the main highway to its current position today...
by Event Manager | Aug 28, 2022 | 2022 Garden
Te Rākau Pāmamao Te Rākau Pāmamao recognises the large tree on the southern boundary as well as a nod to Enid Blyton’s book “The Faraway Tree” – being magical and mystical for children – whilst acknowledging an aspect of Te Ao Māori. Les and Gabrielle’s garden is...
by Event Manager | Aug 23, 2022 | 2022 Garden
The Prodigal Daughter’s Potager Garden Rachel Priestley is an international chef extraordinaire, so naturally, her garden combines her love of cooking with the culinary cultivation of her piece of paradise. On a property of 1095m2, the garden spaces adjacent to...
