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Cairnhill
| Address | 1054 Forgotten World Highway SH 43, East of Stratford it is well signposted. A garden sign is at the gate. |
| Region | Taranaki |
| Privately owned or public | Private |
| Email | |
| Phone | 06 762 2847 |
| Fax | 06 762 2847 |
| Contact Person | June Lees |
| Website | No |
| Hours | 9 am till PM, 21 Oct till end of April. Other wise by appointment |
| Garden Size | Medium size private garden with capacity for large (20+) group sizes. Recommended visit of 1 hour or less. |
| Price | $4 per person |
| Brochure Available? | No |
| Parking | Off and on street parking for buses coaches and cars. |
| Toilets | Yes. |
| Food Available | Refreshments are available by prior arrangement. |
| Cafe/Restaurant available? | No |
| Seating | Seating Available |
| Picnics | Yes |
| Wheelchair Access | Yes |
| Dogs Allowed | No dogs please, as we have stock near by. |
| Children Allowed | Yes |
| Accommodation | We operate a B&B and dinner arrangements can be made |
| Weddings | By arrangement. |
| Plant/Other Sales | Plant Sales Ophinopogon Japonica, Ophinopogon Japonica Nana Ophinopogon Planiscarpus Black Dragon, Hostas (plenty of variety all named.) Heauchera and other perennials from the garden. |
| Guided Tours | We are happy to show visitors around the garden. Please ask for price. |
| Function center? | No |
| Winery? | No |
| Other Facilities | Cairnhill is a 20 minute drive to the beautiful MT Egmont.
The newly opened Rotokare Bird Sanctuary and Lake is a short drive from our farm.
Mangamingi has a dog trialing ground and competitions are held there annually. 30 minutes from here.
Trout Rivers all flow from the mountain and fishing is popular with some.
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The Garden A long sealed driveway planted with hosta in the shade and iris and peonies in the sunny areas. Handsome Rhododendrons of all ages and sizes are on show throughout the garden.
Egmont stone and matching pavers planted with mondo grass sets off an area that serves as a petanque court. Red Berberis and ‘Little Bo Peep’ roses edge some of the gardens.
A great vegetable garden is planted each year and tended by both. The Rasberries have become Colins
hobby. The fruit trees are Junes department and the Feijoas are Colins after the cows have dried off. |
The GardenerJune and Colin have lived here all their married life, romantically planted rhododendron each year to mark their anniversary. Hence rhodos of all ages are in the garden.
Bark gardens became a neccessity when those mowing the lawns defaulted because there were too many trees to mow around. This area subsequently became the favourite hosta patch, and these hostas give a feeling of peace in the garden. Where this looked bare in the winter hellebores have been planted.
So you get the feel how this gardened e-volved.
Now our three sons' have moved on Colin mows the lawns once again and does other jobs as June requests. |
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