St John Garden Fete

Back again in 2022! Same awesome venue at Rakaia Gardens. A Fete and Garden Lovers delight and this year it is bigger and better!

100 boutique stalls from well known and unique NZ businesses with a bonus of 6 acres of beautiful gardens to explore and cooking demonstrations! Take a break to have a bite to eat for lunch and enjoy the music, or take in a cooking demonstration. Stalls will feature mostly NZ made artisan jewellery and accessories, housewares, clothing, flowers, plants and garden supplies, art, eco products, gourmet foods and great gift shopping amongst the trees in a country setting. Cooking demonstrations by Chantel Quinn, owner of Twenty Four Seven Catering and MasterChef finalist, and great lunch options with live music to enjoy.

The garden is 6 acres - with wide lawn paths linking each area together with rhododendrons, camellias, thousands of annuals, perennials and roses. An idyllic boardwalk meanders through a huge area dedicated to NZ natives surrounding a tranquil pond.

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/stjohngardenfete
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/366306605531455/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22surface%22%3A%22page%22%7D]%7D

Tickets:

At the event: $20 Adults, $5 Children over 5
Early-bird sales: $15 Adults, $5 Children over 5

Pre-sale tickets are also available now at
• St John Office Ashburton (241 Tancred St M - F, 9am - 12.30pm EFTPOS and cash)
• Ashburton & Timaru St John Community Shops (cash only)
• Ashburton Paper Plus (EFTPOS and cash)
• Joosh, Talbot Street, Geraldine (cash only)
• Mayfield - PGG Wrightson (cash only)
• Rakaia Four Square (cash only)
• St John Community Shop 300 Colombo St, Sydenham (cash only)
• St John Community Shop 43 Main North Road, Papanui (cash only)

Pre-paid & Gate Admission Ticket Includes:
Admission to the Fete and Gardens
Great shopping, gorgeous gardens, live music, cooking demonstration (by Chantel Quinn owner of Twenty Four Seven Catering and Masterchef finalist) and an opportunity to support Mid Canterbury St John while having a fun day out.
ATM services will be available on the day.

Here is a list of our vendors (and more to come):

All Buttered Up
Amanda Jayne Creative
American Delight Donuts
Angel 'A' Fashions
ATM4Events
Auntie & Me
Aunty Bees
Avoca by Design
Barn Door Boutique Crafts
Barr Originals
BBQ Craft
Behind the Hedge Garden Co
Brent's Country Furniture
Buoni Saporu at Gunyah Country Estate
By The Hook
Canterbury Coffee
Cochers Craft
Concrete Garden Ornaments
Contemporary Water Sculptures
Crafty Buggers
Crafty Lady
Creative Pens
Creeationz
Crispy dumplings Ltd
Daphne's Designs
Delicious
Earth and Sea Jewelry
Eclecticism
Emma Timmis Illustrations
Etico
Flamingo Papiere
Flips Pancakes
Framing Good Crafts
Gardner's Pantry
Greenman
Hair Princess
HerculeaNZ
Hookoe Garden Tools
Hugs and Kisses
Isle of Green
Jaeju Korean Inspired food
Jacqueline Hocquard Art
Jan Earl (Plants)
Just the Beez Kneez
Kirwee Bees
Kitchen and Things
Let's Play
Lily Grace and Perfect Harmony
Lilyfields Hakatere
Little Hero Kids
Llama Cookie Drama
Lobird Crafts
Lois Muir Birdfeeders
Love Light Soy Candles
Love Ya Fudge
Melinda Iremonger
Miss Muffet's Knits
Moananui
Moore toys
MT Studio
Muscogen woods
Myra's Collections
Nannie K Creations
NZ Chop Chop
Ocean Grow
Original Smoke and Spice
Oriwa Naturals
Peninsula Flowers
Pita Pit Mobile
Pure By the Barrelman
R U Peckish - Coffee and ice cream
RD8 Art
Red Rock Hats
Reobar Sculptures
RhodoDirect Nursery
Robinsons Bay Olives
Round2Arts
Roxtar Glass Art
Rural Co
Saoirse and Friends
Side Project
Simply Eco
Smoke N Barrel
Snake Gully Country Kids
Somers Clothing
Southern Woods Nursery
Spicecraft
Splatt Pottery
SpudStop
Subarb Products/Susanne Pearls
The Coffee Shot Expresso
The Wee Smokehouse
Tievoli Trading
TQaprinz
Walk Tall
West Melton Plants
Whitehorse Cheese
Wow Clothing (Megan Jane Design)
Wrapt/Glam4Girls