Flaxmere - the vista to Mt Te Koa
Kintail - pencil cyprus
Newstead - stumpery
Flaxmere - perennial borders leading to wild meadow
Hurunui Homestead - perennial border with pink lupin
Flaxmere - Sculpture "Liberation" by Bon Suter
7Nov

Hurunui Garden Festival – Day 2 The Jewel in the Crown

BY | November 7, 2021 | 0 Comment |

After a rather hectic 1st day of our Hurunui Garden Festival (HGF) tour, we agreed to take it a bit easier on Day…

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Bed of irises at Coldstream
Pond at Coldstream
Perennial bed Hemingford
Clematis at Hemingford
Rhodos at Cathedral Cliffs
Silver birch tied back with a strop at Coldstream
3Nov

Hurunui Garden Festival – Day 1 a miracle of sorts

BY | November 3, 2021 | 0 Comment |

At this time of year it is difficult to decide which of the garden festivals to visit. The last couple of years we…

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Windswept Tree
Raymond Herber's workshop and living quarters at Iron Ridge Quarry
Trout
Two Worlds (detail)
Fantail
Gentle Giant
10May

Old Mates and New Discoveries

BY | May 10, 2021 | 0 Comment |

We have spent the last few days in Christchurch.  I don’t think we have been there for eight years and it was hard…

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Chicken Wire Woman
Michelle Aplin - with a piece commissioned for Winetopia
Chicken Wire Sculpture Garden - Alice and the March Hare
Arcadia Theatre (formerly Quinns Arcade)
Wallaby
Norman Kirk, son of Waimate, former Prime Minister of NZ
2May

Waimate – Home of the Wallaby (and Norman Kirk)

BY | May 2, 2021 | 0 Comment |

Did you know that the wallaby was introduced to Waimate in 1874 for the fur trade? These cousins from Australia, like many introduced…

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Hidden Sculpture Garden
Strong Men Point Their Toes by Sam Duckor-Jones
Vessel by David Carson
Faux Topiaries by David Carson
Stick Storage by David Carson
Source by Grant Scott
24Mar

Treasure in Tapawera – Hidden Sculpture Garden and Gallery

BY | March 24, 2021 | 0 Comment |

We drove past the Hidden Sculpture Garden  about 12 months ago on the way to visit a hop garden in Tapawera. My father…

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