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Akaroa House and Garden Tour 2020 28-29 November 10Am-5Pm 9 Julie & Mark Leonard - 53 Lukes Road, Little Akaloa A large orchard and veggie garden is the productive part of this 1.5 acre garden. Plantings of shrubs, salvias, perennials, natives Wharenui at Little Akaloa was built in 1907 for the Waghorn family. and many hydrangeas lead to a tranquil scene that straddles the The Tasmanian Architects, Alfred and Sydney Luttrell designed Ellangowan Stream as it flows to Hickory Bay. Cross the bridge for the house in the ‘Federation Style’. The house is surrounded a 15 minute bush walk with significant specimen trees. The house on three sides by wide, two story verandahs with wisteria and is a recent redevelopment of a farmhouse originally built around climbing roses. Apart from modernising amenities the house 1910 – viewing welcome. 4WD Recommended and not suitable for remains largely unchanged from its original design and features children (unfenced waterway and an open sided bridge with long beautiful Kauri doors and fire places. The acre garden is a work drop to rocks!). No dogs please. Akaroa House and in progress and consists of simple edging and steps from local Garden Tour 2020 CHRISTCHURCH stone. The herbaceous border and vegetable garden are being 12 Jane Westwood & Grant Jamieson re-established and feature dahlias, roses, delphiniums and – Hickory Bay Road lavender. Mature trees on the property include Pohutakawa, Weeping Ash and a magnificent Chestnut. Note: The property has A Farm house garden with half an acre of garden surrounding a 28-29 November some flat land and some a little steeper but is easy to get around. house that is dated 110 years old in a steep rural landscape. Lovely 10am-5pm If people aren’t very mobile a lot of it can be viewed from the views of hillsides and Hickory Bay beach can be enjoyed. A garden LYTTELTON veranda. Lukes Rd, although narrow in parts is pretty easy access. that is sustainable, a cost saver as it provides a high proportion Parking is on the road outside the house. Lyttelton Harbour of vegetables and fruit over 4 seasons and is spray free. There Akaroa is seating available to sit in the peaceful surroundings. To safely 75km Governor’s Bay Port Levy Halswell Diamond walk around the garden one would need to be independent, not Harbour 10 Jill & Richard Simpson – 188 Fishermans Bays Road needing assistance as it is not level and the ground is uneven. No Purau Menzies Bay Decanter Bay dogs please. Suggest car sharing and a 4x4 would be more suitable Pigeon Bay Fisherman’s Bay Garden is a beautiful garden filled with bright for Hickory Bay road and our driveway. SH1 Little Akaloa Bay colours and varied textures which offers breath-taking views of Raupo Bay Tai Tapu 8 the Pacific Ocean and the eastern most tip of the South Island. Stoney Beach Little Akaloa For garden lovers or anyone wanting to see a special part of Banks 13 Murray & Sue Johns – Paua Bay 9 Pigeon Bay Okains Bay Peninsula while in the Akaroa area this garden is a must visit. Your hosts Jill and Richard Simpson have turned this once rugged part The tranquil garden oasis at Paua Bay was created 30 years ago Hay atop a lush valley 200 metres above sea level. Existing native bush Scenic Okains Bay of the farm into a lush combination of flower beds, native plants Community Fundraiser GEBBIES PASS Reserve Museum and green lawns that still remembers its farming past. was preserved and interplanted with rhododendrons for spring Friends of Akaroa Museum Lavericks Bay Motukarara colour, mixed borders adding to the effect with perennials and SUMMIT ROAD more than eighty roses. There’s an outside bath (overlooking the Le Bons Bay Montgomery Park TOURIST DRIVE Pacific) set amongst Olive trees. The potager garden provides Kaituna Scenic Reserve organically grown vegetables for the family & guests. This part of Reserve Hilltop Duvauchelle Panama 75 Reserve Cooptown Otepatotu the garden has been laid out with triangular beds around a central 75 Scenic Le Bons Bay Barrys Bay Robinson’s Bay Reserve sundial. White fantail pigeons housed in an old Totara store shed LITTLE RIVER 6 flutter around adding movement to the garden. This is a family French Farm Onawe Hickory Bay Peninsula Takamatua 11 garden which is enjoyed now by our granddaughters who are the Okuti Valley 12 7th generation on the farm. When we moved on to the farm in 1982 Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere Scenic Reserve 7 LONG BAY ROAD Tikao the farmhouse circa 1920’s had been vacant for 16 years needing Ellangowan Saddle Hill Purple AKAROA Scenic Goughs Bay drastic renovation. Lake Forsyth Reserve Peak Curry Reserve Reserve Te Oka Wainui Akaroa Harbour 2 Kaitorete Spit Reserve 13 Paua Bay Birdlings Flat Onuku 10 Public Toilets: Can be found at Akaroa (3 places), Hinewai POINTS OF INTEREST ALONG THE WAY: Reserve Otanerito/Long Bay The Duvauchelle Show Grounds, at the French Farm Magnet Bay State Highway 75 Waterfront and also at Otanerito Valley, Hinewai Reserve. • Akaroa Museum • Wineries- French Peak, 75 Day Walking Tracks Murrays Mistake (Only some tracks shown. Stony Bay Akaroa Winery, Meniscus Sealed roads Visit i-Site or www.akaroa.com for Tumbledown Bay • The Akaroa Lighthouse many more tracks) Te Oka Bay Tickets: $30 per person. Available from: Wines Metalled roads - Robinhood Bay • The Giants House & Te Ara Pataka (Summit Walkway) Tramp Eventfinda (www.eventfinda.co.nz/2020/inside-out-garden- (Overnight use of huts must be pre-booked via Peraki Bay Pohatu/Flea¯ Bay Mosaic Garden • Shamarra Alpaca Farm Christchurch - Little www.doc.govt.nz) Horseshoe Bay Damons Bay tour-2020/christchurch-district), Akaroa Museum, Akaroa i-SITE River Rail Trail 11 Diana & Harry Stronach -649 Hickory Bay Road • Barry’s Bay Cheese • St Luke’s Church Little Walkers - Safety is your responsibility. Long Bay and the Little River Gallery. Akaroa - Christchurch via SH 75 Island Bay Akaloa Little River 40 minutes, Akaroa 1.5 hours Plan, prepare and equip yourself well. Scenery Nook An expansive rural garden in a valley setting, with the outer bushy from Christchurch Visit the i-Site to obtain the relevant brochure for your chosen walk. Disclaimer: Gardens listed were accurate as at time of printing. MORE INFO: areas becoming more orderly as you reach a bluestone patio Check www.akaroa.com/events/event-listing-inside-out-garden- www.akaroa.com/events/event-listing-inside-out-garden-tour overlooking a terraced lawn, edged with box and camellias. tour for latest info. Look out for the signs marking the garden tour properties I started on the garden, which was completely overgrown with old roses tangled in Muehlenbeckia from the house to the back 7 Jane Cook, L’Abri - 7 Takamatua Bay Road fence. I’m enjoying working my way up, and should see the back fence in just a few more years. With commanding views of the Takamatua Bay and surrounding hills, this garden began as a ‘single handed’ 4 Nancy & Bryan Tichborne project of mine some 14 years ago to what it is today. From – 16 Rue Balguerie, Akaroa a paddock with a few very old walnut trees. There are many parts to this garden as the shape and size has dictates. On Akaroa i-SITE Garden & Studio. After leaving French Farm in 2014, downsizing the relative flat there is the vegetable garden, fruit cage and Adventure to a much smaller garden was going to present some challenges. peonies. From here meander into the lower wilderness of Centre mostly rhododendrons, a large bank of daylilies, up past the ¼ Garden Firstly removing two large Phoenix Palms & countless seedling of Tane trees/shrubs. Then a major renovation & addition to the 1950’s acre hen home and orchard to the top car park and art studio. house & Nancy started laying out her new garden. Rules set Keep meandering through the courtyard out to the front of Walking Track were: no lawns, no hedges & no prickly roses! We have broken the house to the main flower gardens of perennials and roses some of these already! The Covid-19 lockdown allowed us time to along with the views! Parking on roadside opposite. Plants will complete our new ’sunken garden’. Being a dedicated plants- be for sale. person, Nancy likes to think of this garden (most likely her last) as 5 4 one that will evolve & change as she does. Her studio will be open and art works etc. will be available for viewing and for sale. 3 5 Jim & Liz Coubrough – 5 Newton Place, Akaroa 1 Garden, House & Studio. A renovated house and terraced garden on a sloping section. Situated on a sunny north facing slope, this property was once a small holiday home. After 5 years of development, a renovated house and a creative garden design has produced four levels of terraced gardens and living areas on a compact section. Meandering gravel paths and steps lead to tucked away spaces brimming with informal colourful areas including, roses, lavender, a berry garden, vegetable plots and a cottage garden courtyard. The downstairs studio will be open and will feature beautiful and stylish items from Lili’s Interiors for viewing and for sale. Please park on Aylmers Valley 8 Rd and walk up the lane. ‘The Willow’s’ - Decanter Bay Road, Little Akaloa 1 Beaufort House – 42 Rue Grehan, Akaroa 2 Fiona & Ken Paulin – Red House Bay Little Akaloa Beachfront. When viewing the one and a half acre 6 McMaster, Coull - Gilroy Property, (Southern end of Beach Road) garden, one could wonder why the property is called ‘The - 281 Beach Road, Akaroa 6548 ChCh-Akaroa Highway (Takamatua) OPEN – Saturday 28TH November 11-5pm – only.
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