Open Garden Fundraiser

Relax! Award yourself a day off, time out to smell the roses!

Spring is a wonderful time of year. Garden walks, trees and flowers have a way of bringing people together for a great day out. Families and friends, come join the throng, wander the gardens, marvel at the views, enjoy a coffee as you browse the many stalls, taste wines on the terrace, linger and listen to live music while the children enjoy pony rides, play quoits or bowls. There is an outdoor chess board for enthusiasts and a contemporary art exhibition in the studio. Pls bring cash for stall purchases but, please, no dogs!

This property is composed of three quite different gardens, one around an 1860’s cottage, formal Victorian gardens and vegetable parterre around the villa and two organic vegetable gardens and an old orchard through the gate. Check out the extraordinary changes from a bare paddock to established gardens in just 5 years.

Interested in conservation, sustainability and recycling? Thinking of relocating a house? Talk to the owners, a retired landscape/architect and structural engineer, who have walked the talk and done the work. The villa and the cottage are both relocated buildings. Recycling rules here, most everything is recycled, repurposed or handmade from old materials, only the plumbing and wiring are new. Draw inspiration from what can be done, if you think outside the square and DIY.

This open day is raising funds for the restoration and replanting of Madge Hunter Park, Waipawa which was severely damaged by Cyclone Gabrielle.

For more information visit the Kings Ridge Gardens website.