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New Plymouth
Taranaki’s main hub is an energetic and vibrant city nestled on the west coast of Aotearoa, hugging the expansive Tasman Sea. This thriving place offers an eclectic mix of historical landmarks, unique events, and vibrant arts and culture. From outdoor adventurers to art lovers, avid shoppers to foodies, the 80,000-strong district city has something for everyone. It is dotted with great coffee spots and has a fantastic selection of cafés and restaurants. New Plymouth is home to year-round surfing events, the internationally renowned Govett Brewster Art Gallery/ Len Lye Centre, Pukekura Park and the TSB Bowl of Brooklands, where countless international acts have taken to the stage.
MUST-DO EXPERIENCES INCLUDE:
• Reflect on the shining mirror façade of the Len Lye
Centre. Explore the latest contemporary exhibition in the adjoining Govett-Brewster Art Gallery and the eclectic gift store. • If you’re feeling inspired, pop into Big Jim’s or
Palmers to get ideas for your veggie patch and garden. • Visit The Jewel and the Jeweller to admire the contemporary jewellery made by NZ artists. • Head to Puke Ariki, an award-winning library, museum, and i-SITE. Enjoy the latest temporary
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exhibition and learn the stories of Taranaki’s fascinating yet turbulent past. • Start your day with a bike ride or a walk along the award-winning Coastal Walkway. The Walkway runs 12.7km from Port Taranaki to Bell Block and takes in
Len Lye’s Wind Wand and Te Rewa Rewa Bridge. • Visit the fabulous art galleries and design spaces in New Plymouth’s centre:
W Kina NZ Design and Art Space – stunning jewellery, sculpture, ceramics, glass, homewares, and paintings from some of New Zealand’s talented emerging artists.
W Koru on Devon – a beautiful gallery showcasing a range of New Zealand artists.
W Gover Street Gallery – showcasing and selling beautiful work from artists right across the Taranaki region.
New Zealand Native Garden Paradise 15 Spencer Pl, New Plymouth, 4312 Valda Poletti & David Clarkson Te Kāinga Marire is the only private native garden sanctuary in New Zealand to be rated as a Garden of International Significance. Te Kāinga Marire’s (translated ‘peaceful encampment’) point of difference lies in the natural plant associations that evoke a feeling of the real New Zealand. This native plant paradise was developed in 1972 from clay wasteland. Keen outdoor adventurers, the owners wanted a bird-friendly garden designed around the ecological groups they had observed in the wild. New Zealand native grasses, climbers, herbaceous plants, shrubs and trees have been carefully nurtured around rustic fences, a wetland, a colonial bush hut and cool fern-filled whare. Shy tui now regularly fly into the garden to feed. This garden features in the BBC series Around the World in 80 Gardens, which first screened in 2008.
Open 9am–5pm daily Sept to May, admission 3 tickets P 06 758 8693 E valda@tekaingamarire.co.nz W tekaingamarire.co.nz
21A Sequoia Gr, New Plymouth, 4312 Shane & Mel Hurliman A tranquil inner-city hideaway orientated to comfortable outdoor living. Shane has built structures that make the most of the available space, while Mel has added the softer touches with her love of maples and hostas. The garden lights up at night and there will be live music most evenings. There are areas to shelter from the wind and rain. Garden art will be for sale, including water features. Sequoia Steps featured in NZ Gardener magazine 2019.
Open 9am–5pm and 7:30pm–10pm, admission 1 ticket (proceeds to SPCA) P 027 297 4157 / 027 477 3434 E mel2@xtra.co.nz
11. Pukemara
5 Tyne Pl, New Plymouth, 4312 Alan Morris Alan has created a town garden of two parts— a flat courtyard and a hillside garden. The courtyard garden around the house features sub-tropical vireyas rhododendrons combined with fuchsias, roses and perennials. The hillside garden at the rear has surprises around every corner of the zigzag path, especially colourful rhododendrons, fiery azaleas, mature trees, viburnums and hydrangeas. Pukemara is also a haven for hostas. You’ll find a large selection of these lush leafy plants on show and for sale along with other plant varieties. Pukemara featured in the New Zealand Gardener magazine 2019.
6 Holly Oak Tce, 4371 Gill & Greg Miles Vegetable garden Black Gates illustrates a country lifestyle with the convenience of living close to the city. Set on 1.9ha with a sustainable self-sufficient vegetable garden, fruit trees, microgreen glasshouse and livestock paddocks, this garden in progress will appeal to visitors interested in growing edibles or those who want to see an urban farming life in action.
EVENT: Discover Taranaki (see page 52)
Open 9am–5pm, admission 1 ticket P 027 478 2865 E fivemiles5@gmail.com
Open 9am–4pm, admission 1 ticket P 06 757 2739 / 027 863 9048 E katywillieroach@gmail.com
Open All day, every day. Free admission. P 06 759 6060 E enquires@npdc.govt.nz W newplymouthnz.com
13. Kahikatea
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61 Branch Rd, New Plymouth, 4312 Katy & Willie Roach First time in the festival, secluded garden Kahikatea features sprawling lawns and is a peaceful sanctuary for birdlife and garden owners Katy and Willie Roach. The rustic natural setting on the floor of the suburban valley, is attractively surrounded by bush. Tea and coffee available to purchase.
14. Te Henui Cemetery
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Cnr Watson St & Lemon St, New Plymouth, Volunteers & NPDC Staff One of New Plymouth’s hidden gems, the city’s oldest cemetery has a 5-star Tripadvisor rating and features a wide range of mature trees as well as 6ha of graves planted with masses of flowering plants. Parking available inside the cemetery at the roundabout. No toilets. No parking for buses.
487 Mangorei Road, New Plymouth, 4312 Taranaki Regional Council Tūpare is an Arts and Crafts-inspired property established in 1932 by the Matthews family. Sculpted into a hillside above the Waiwhakaiho River, it features a Chapman-Taylor house set in the grounds with secluded garden rooms, elegant borders and majestic trees. Tūpare has free guided walks during the festival at 2pm daily and free house tours half-hourly from 9.30am–12.30pm. The mobility vehicle, available for less-able guests, runs before and after each house tour only. Please let us know beforehand if you are bringing large groups during this busy time. Guided walks and house tours can be booked privately outside of the festival on the website for a fee.
What’s happening • Taranaki Symphony Orchestra and Ensembles perform on the tennis court. Tea and home baking available to purchase.
Sat 30 Oct–Sun 31 Oct, 9.30am–4pm. • The Shaker Tin will be serving fresh coffee, smoothies and treats. Mon 1 Nov–Sun 7 Nov. • An Art Exhibition with local Taranaki artist Ella
Volino in The Cottage.
Sat 6 Nov–Sun 7 Nov, 10am–4pm.
Tūpare is open all day every day. Free admission. It is owned and managed by the Taranaki Regional Council.
Open All day, every day. Free admission. P 0800 736 222 E regionalgardens@trc.govt.nz W trc.govt.nz TupareGardens @tuparegardens
94 Pendarves St, New Plymouth, 4310, Judi Gopperth This inner-city minimalist garden adopts linear principles and is themed ‘green and white with a touch of red’. It features white petunia, white lilies and black velvet pelargonium, with the ambience of courtyards, gazebo and buxus hedging. This 1865 propery holds a Heritage A listing and stands alongside the historical cluster known as Hen and Chickens. The protected oaks, ginkgo and pohutukawa add to the unique story. Previously featured in NZ House & Garden, Your Home & Garden and NZ House & Garden Tours 2020.
Open 9am–5pm, admission 1 ticket P 027 676 1500 E judi.jag@xtra.co.nz
17. Pukekura Park & The Fernery and Display Houses
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10 Fillis St, New Plymouth (several entry points) NPDC Staff Located in the heart of New Plymouth, Pukekura Park is a Garden of National Significance, has a five-star rating from the New Zealand Gardens Trust and has held the international green Flag award for six years running. Created in 1876, the 52ha park has an amazing range of native and exotic plants displayed in a natural setting. The Fernery and Display Houses have been a mustsee for almost a century. Linked by tunnels, the three glass-topped caverns dug into a hillside and the tropical house display a wide variety of native and exotic plants. The Fernery and Display Houses are open 8.30am-5pm. Guided walks and tours availalble, see page 63.
Open All day, every day. Free admission. P 06 759 6060 E enquires@npdc.govt.nz W newplymouthnz.com New Plymouth District Council @hello_np
71 Brougham St, New Plymouth, 4310, Terry Parkes An urban oasis hidden by one of New Plymouth’s oldest wooden buildings. Lush palms & tropical foliage surround a sheltered deck with outdoor fire. An ideal place to enjoy a light lunch with a glass of wine in between gardens.
EVENT: Lunch in the Garden $50pp. Choice of two mains with wine match, sweet, and tea/coffee. 11:30am–3pm daily during the festival. Bookings preferred.
Open 11am–late, free admission P 06 758 6423 E info@nicehotel.co.nz W nicehotel.co.nz
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Monday–Friday 9.30–5pm Saturday 10–3pm Sunday 10.30–2pm
Phone 06 758 0620 contact@temptstore.co.nz www.temptstore.co.nz 110 Devon Street West New Plymouth, 4310
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19. Somewhere Over the Rainbow
26 Mayfair Pl, New Plymouth, 4310, Rhys Cumpstone & Tim Allingham At the end of this cul-de-sac lies a hidden garden. From structured planting at the front, explore the slopes of perennials, tree ferns and bromeliads before stepping down to a secluded native bush walk. A distinctive house, designed by Roger Walker in 1979, looks out over this quirky garden which is completed by selected artworks.
Open 10am–4pm, admission 1 ticket P 027 204 3899 E rhys3@tpg.com.au
20. Korito
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28A Trafalgar St, New Plymouth, 4310, Dee Turner Suburban permaculture garden educating visitors on self-sufficiency and growing food. Planted with annual, biennial, and perennial productive plants that produce food all year. The garden has mandalas, mosaics, stepover and espaliered fruit trees, herb spiral, food forest, productive sub-tropicals, and an ancient bush block.
EVENT: Mitre 10 Garden Speaker Series (see page 60)
@derinatur Open 9am–5pm, admission 1 ticket P 021 125 2035 E derinatur@hotmail.com W korito.co.nz
19 Anne St, New Plymouth, 4310, Lisa & Shane McNab Three grand Chinese elms trees watch over this manylayered urban garden, which showcases creative landscaping on a steep property. Garden rooms and restful spaces unfold from patios, decks and a central double koru lawn. Hand-built rock walls, pots and traditional and tropical plantings are woven together to build a lush palette of foliage and colour in this terraced 1012sqm section, transformed by love, sweat and stairs.
Open 9:30am–5:30pm, admission 1 ticket P 06 753 2532 E lisa.mcnab@me.com Three Elms Garden @three_elms_garden
22. Himalayan Garden of Tranquillity
19A Horizon Heights, New Plymouth, 4310, Bindu & Kam Sharma With a vision and lofty vista, Bindu and Kam have transformed an exposed, challenging hill-top site into a garden reflecting childhood memories in the Himalayas. There are many resting spots in this mature property, which features year-round colour and fragrance. This tranquil garden has views of both the horizon and the mountain.
(Bus parking down the street) Open 10am–5pm, admission 1 ticket P 027 511 6591 / 027 452 6276 E drbsharma@yahoo.com
603 Carrington Rd, New Plymouth, 4371, Graeme & Jan Worthington This graceful country garden packed with flourishing beds, borders and mass plantings has been developed around a 1910 villa on a 1ha property. Special features include expansive lawns, established native and exotic trees, brick and stone walls, a grass tennis court, fountain, formal and woodland plantings, and treasured garden furniture. Off-road parking available.
Open 9am–5pm, admission 1 ticket P 06 753 6042 / 027 3836 828 E jandgworth@slingshot.co.nz
Koru Galleries
Koru on Koru
Sculpture Garden & Gallery
283 Koru Rd Oakura Place of interest Fringe garden festival 2021
Open 28th Oct - 7th Nov, 9am - 4pm or by appointment
Koru on Devon
Contemporary Gallery
89 Devon St East New Plymouth Taranaki Garden Festival Exhibition, Opening 29th Oct
Open 10am - 3pm, Wed - Sun or by appointment
816 Carrington Rd, New Plymouth, 4371, Shane & Sharolyn Croton Tropical Treasures is a private subtropical garden set within a subtropical outdoor and tropical indoor plant nursery. The subtropicals are taking over this labour of love, which is only three years old. Visitors will be amazed at what can be grown and how well they flourish in this garden at the foot of the mountain. With many display gardens open to the public visiting the nursery, we will also be opening our private garden during the festival only.
EVENT: Epic Epiphytes (see page 55)
Open 10am–4pm, free admission P 021 186 2025 E shanesharolyn@hotmail.com W tropicaltreasures.nz gonetropical @tropical_treasures_taranaki_
2290 Carrington Road, New Plymouth, 4374. Taranaki Regional Council Over seven decades Pukeiti has built up one of the world’s biggest and most distinct collections of rhododendrons and other exotics, their rich colours bursting into life against a backdrop of lush native rainforest. The 360ha property also boasts an absorbing range of free family-orientated activities, walking tracks for all fitness levels, a modern visitor centre, the popular Rainforest Eatery and various accommodation options including the Lodge Studio and the Piwakawaka Family Hut which can be booked on the website. Pukeiti has free guided walking tours during the festival at 2pm daily as well as mobility vehicle rides for less-able visitors on the hour from 10am–1pm. Please let us know beforehand if you are bringing large groups during this busy time. Guided walks and mobility vehicle tours can be booked privately outside of the festival on the website for a fee. The Rainforest Eatery is opening early for the duration of the Festival and is offering some scrumptious and healthy breakfast options before a walk amongst the rhododendrons. Open 8.30am–4pm.
What’s happening • An open air bird life exhibition by Anna Scott and Shining Peak Brewery tasting on The Keiller. (*wet weather venue, The Lodge.) Fri 29 Oct–Sun 31 Oct, 10am–4pm. • Dinner in the Pukeiti Lodge, Celebrate spring and the Taranaki Garden Festival in an iconic and historic location with delicious Italian inspired dishes served by head chef Graeme from the Rainforest Eatery. Bookings are limited and are booked directly at Rainforest.Eatery@trc.govt.nz Fri 5 Nov, 6pm–9pm. • A photographic exhibition ‘Kingdom Plantae’ by Mark Harris Photographer. Fri 05 Nov–Sun 07 Nov, 10am–4pm. Pukeiti is open all day every day. Free admission. It is owned and managed by the Taranaki Regional Council. The Rainforest Eatery is open throughout the festival from 8.30am–4pm.
Open All day, every day. Free admission. P 0800 736 222 E regionalgardens@trc.govt.nz W trc.govt.nz PukeitiGardens @pukeiti_nz
