The People Behind The Event
2024 Committee
Standing (left to right): Amanda McRae (Event Manager), Ben McLauchlan, Amanda Jones, Charlotte Dillon, Lucinda Clay, Jo McCormick (Event Administrator) and Jenny Stark.
Seated (left to right) Kaara Wight, Andrew Vavasour and Sarah Greenslade.
Absent - Rachel Jackson-Hoare
Last year we celebrated 30 years of Garden Marlborough. The event was a wonderful success, with record tickets sales and fabulous feedback from attendees, some of whom have been attending since the very beginning! We are excited to be planning our 31st event taking place on the 7th - 10th November 2024, with yet another stellar line up of interesting tours, workshops, and keynote speakers that will captivate you. Tickets go on sale on 22 July and we look forward to welcoming you to sunny Marlborough in November.
The festival involves a huge number of volunteers in the community who generously give their time to bring together the best event of its kind in New Zealand: the friendly and helpful people who staff our registration operation, the tour guides and workshop hosts, helpers at the fete site, those who make lunches and morning teas ,and many, many others. Our event depends on our extraordinary garden owners, who work tirelessly during the year to open their amazing environments for others to share in and be inspired by. Behind Garden Marlborough is a whole community of people, who come together to ensure we bring you a truly unforgettable weekend.
Garden Marlborough In The Community
Garden Marlborough (2004) Inc. is a not-for-profit registered charity. We receive financial support from local businesses and community organisations, but profits from our charity art auction and fund-raising activities in turn help fund local community projects to help achieve our organisation’s vision to promote the pleasures and benefits of gardening and to enhance Marlborough’s environment. We provide community grants and other financial support for local initiatives, we fund horticultural scholarships, and over the years we’ve assisted with improvements to Te Whanau Hou Grovetown Lagoon; developments at Selmes Garden Trust; the establishment of edible gardens and shade trees in local schools; the donation of trees and organisation of planting in public spaces; the gifting of outdoor artwork to Wairau Hospital and in Pollard Park; the development of the garden at Marlborough Hospice and many more community initiatives. From this year, we are helping support a new garden and landscape project at Alzheimers Marlborough. If you know of a worthwhile project that you think would align with our values, then please get in touch:
admin@gardenmarlborough.co.nz
