Welcome to Gardens to Visit

Gardenstovisit is a collection of New Zealand gardens that open to visitors. We list everything from large county gardens to very small courtyard gardens. Styles vary from Classics English, Tropical, Native through to Arboretums. Some gardens host Weddings and have a Chapel with in their grounds.  Some offer Accommodation.  Lunches/morning/afternoon tea can be arranged by appointment, while some gardens have Cafe/Restaurant and Function centres. Gifts and garden art sales are also available in some gardens.

Each Garden lists their own visiting details.

If you have a garden that you would like to list contact us at gardenstovisitnz@gmail.com

Featured Photo

• Another new garden to the site is Terrace Station  homestead and garden which dates from the late 1850s. Driving in, one is struck by the ’Capability Brown’ plantings of trees across the landscape with Mount Hutt featuring as a backdrop. Gradually the view draws in until one is driving along a tunnel of towering Sequoiadendron giganteum (Wellingtonia) on one side and Cedrus Atlantica on the other. It is thought the Wellingtonia were planted to commemorate Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1897; the Cedars were planted in the 1940s. Four large trees define the 19th century eastern side of the garden – Elm, Sycamore, Portuguese Laurel, Hornbeam.

  The garden has strong formal design features from the Victorian era and has adapted with a relaxed informality that suits the present gardener, Kate Foster. Notable features are the magnificent trees, the vistas from one garden room to another, the effects of light and shade on the tree trunks.