Spectacular Spaces
Enjoy a half-day journey through three Marlborough gardens, each offering its own expression of design, restoration and landscape. This year includes the addition of DDOG Vineyard, a working vineyard garden set among wetlands and native plantings. The tour also visits a lovingly restored heritage garden, now evolving into a whimsical cottage-style sanctuary. Longfield, a five-star NZ Garden Trust garden inspired by Italy, completes the experience with formal garden rooms, statuary and elegant architectural features. A diverse and inspiring journey through three remarkable spaces.
Morning / afternoon tea provided.
Thursday 5 November
8.45am – 12.15pm $110
1.30pm – 5.00pm
$110
Friday 6 November
8.45am – 12.15pm $110
1.30pm – 5.00pm
$110
Saturday 7 November
8.45am – 12.15pm $110
1.30pm – 5.00pm
$110
+3% booking fee
DDOG Vineyard
Angela and Steve Derig
DDOG Vineyard’s garden sits among vines and natural wetlands on the Wairau Plains, with sweeping views to the Wither Hills and Richmond Ranges. Mounded natives thrive along wetland edges to encourage birdlife and restore balance. Productive areas, including a kitchen garden, are woven through the landscape, while a wetland boardwalk invites exploration.
Satis Garden
Robyn Gifford and Rod McLeod
Originally laid out in 1924 with extensive vegetable gardens, a small home orchard and native plantings, this garden was wildly overgrown when Robyn Gifford and Rod McLeod, new to gardening, began its restoration in 2022. Respecting the original framework, the garden is evolving into a blend of extended native plantings and whimsical, cottage-style naturalistic beds, creating a sanctuary to enjoy.
Longfield
Lynne and Rob Hammond
Italy inspired this grandly formal garden, with its statues and fountains, Corinthian columns reminiscent of Tivoli and extraordinary stone pieces rescued from Christchurch’s Catholic basilica. Brick walls and hornbeam hedges create garden rooms, featuring old-fashioned roses, citrus, lavender and olives, alongside an English orangery.
