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Lancewood Garden
| Address | 204 Upper Manaia Road, Masterton. Upper Manaia Road comes of Ngaumutawa Road at the south end of Masterton. When entering Masterton from the south, take your first left after the Waingawa Bridge into Ngaumutawa Road and then your first left into Upper Manaia Road (just over the train tracks).. |
| Region | Wairarapa Region |
| Privately owned or public | Private |
| Email | |
| Phone | 06 378 6847 |
| Fax | No |
| Contact Person | Jeanette and Ashby Bunny |
| Website | No |
| Hours | Open by appointment only, please phone ahead. |
| Garden Size | 2 acres, allow 1 hour or less for your visit. |
| Price | $5 per person |
| Brochure Available? | No |
| Parking | We have a very large grass verge on the roadside which can accommodate angle parking for cars and there is plenty of room also for buses and coaches. |
| Toilets | Yes |
| Food Available | By arrangement Ladies Auxiliary Cancer Society Luches minimum twenty persons |
| Cafe/Restaurant available? | No |
| Seating | We have a summer house which is a perfect place for you to picnic. Please take your rubbish home with you. |
| Picnics | Yes |
| Wheelchair Access | Garden on one level easy acess for wheel chairs |
| Dogs Allowed | On leash |
| Children Allowed | Yes |
| Accommodation | We have hotel/motel accommodation 3 minutes from the garden. |
| Weddings | Photos by arrangement |
| Plant/Other Sales | No |
| Guided Tours | Yes we are happy to show you through the garden. |
| Function center? | No |
| Winery? | No |
| Other Facilities | 3/5 mins to Hotel motels . Copthorne, Masterton Motor Lodge, Tullock Lodge, Chardonnay Motor Lodge and several other motels all situated in High Street
There are several vineyards within easy driving distance ie ten minutes. |
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The GardenThe Garden is fifteen years old, although some trees and shrubs are a little older. We have a rich loam soil and plants just thrive. So does every seed the birds drop! This is a garden for all seasons, I have tried to have something of interest at all times of the year from winter through to autumn. Magnolias Camellias, Rhododendrons and Roses all do well. Although I do not have a large collection of any one species I try to have a little of most things. I do have a passion for paeonies and they grow well here and flower from late October to early December. |
The GardenerI grew up in Christchurch, the Garden City. I have gardening in my veins and come from a family of passionate gardeners. I can wander round my garden and perfumes will remind me of my childhood, my parents garden and that of my aunts.
This is my second garden, my first being at Bideford, a continual struggle with cloggy clay soils, constant gales and the ever battle with those wretched opossums. So after years of struggle I think I deserve this garden. My Husband Ashby attends the lawns, disposes of all the prunings and the rubbish and is an enormous help. |
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