Garden One:

Lovingly developed over the past twenty eight years, with a serious plant collection including some rare species, it is a beautifully detailed established garden with glorious borders packed with wonderful perennials. Come to visit this garden in all its glory in spring.   At 11am and 3.30 pm Margaret, the garden owner, will give a demonstration of how she  has placed colour in the garden 

and the placement and use of trees.  Children must be closely supervised due to safety concerns with deep ponds and water features.

Garden Two: 

The expansive lawns of this property will draw your eye in to enjoy the native plantings and sculptures dotted around the garden, complete with a gorgeous avenue of trees to stroll through.  Bordering the Halswell River, this garden is mix of formal and informal spaces with both established and recently replanted garden areas.

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Garden Three:

The estate includes more than twenty planted acres of historic, decorative and productive gardens. A tour of these grounds – now in their 14th year of renovation - provides a glimpse into how garden design has changed over the last century, as well as what was necessary in the Victorian era and what is necessary today, to maintain a garden on such a scale.

Garden Four:

The owners have carefully restored this four hectare block into a native wetland.  The first planting was undertaken six years ago.  Take a leisurely stroll around the expansive lawns of this park-like property to admire the ponds with lush plantings nestled around. Bring your lunch to eat on the lawn. An inviting whisky hut sits at the far end of the property. Children must be closely supervised in this garden due to the expansive water features.

Garden Five:

Once part of the historic Otahuna Estate, this garden is now a mix of formal and informal landscaping, potager gardens, an olive grove and an onsite vintage design store. Over the past 18 years Ian and Sharon have developed the historic property into an ever-evolving series of garden rooms full of beautiful colour and fragrance.

Garden Six:

Established formal gardens and pond plantings nestled into the foothills of Tai Tapu.  A magnificent evolving garden that includes a hillside swathe of recently planted natives, this property is jammed packed with diversity.  Make sure you visit the art and photography exhibition near the pond before you leave! 

Garden Seven:

A unique opportunity to visit an historic church built in 1882, which now enjoys a new lease of life as a boutique luxury retreat and venue.  Tremendous care and attention to detail in the eight year restoration of Saints of Tai Tapu has resulted in the interior now displaying its true Gothic revival style.  Don't miss your chance to explore this treasure

of Tai Tapu.

Tai Tapu Church and Library