2010 New Zealand garden festivals
February 2010
Botanic Garden Festival - South Auckland
13 - 14 February 2010
Family-friendly day with entertainment including pumpkin rolling, and a chance to learn about native New Zealand plants and bugs. The Auckland Botanic Gardens is home to over 10,000 plants from around the world, spread out over 64 hectares in Manurewa, South Auckland.
Botanic Garden Festival
Hamilton Gardens Arts Festival 2010 - Hamilton
19 February - 14 March 2010
Hamilton Gardens covers an area of 58 hectares and is the most popular visitor attraction in the region with about 600,000 visitors each year. The arts festival is a celebration of all visual arts, music, comedy, theatre, film, literature, food and wine, all with gorgeous garden background.s
Hamilton Gardens Summer Festival
Burst! Festival of Flowers 2010 - Christchurch
19 February - 14 March 2010
Internationally renowned as the 'Garden City', Christchurch celebrates its floral surroundings with the Festival of Flowers. More than 30 events run in venues all around the city, with highlights including ikebana, flax weaving, garden tours and a tree-climbing competition. A summer poets’ soiree will mark the festival’s 21st birthday.
Festival of Flowers
March 2010
Heroic Gardens Festival - Auckland
6 - 7 March 2010
Showcasing the work of gay and lesbian gardeners, this festival is open to the public as part of the annual Hero Gay and Lesbian festival. There are city gardens and four large country gardens. Many gardens have featured in magazines and on television, and most of the garden owners will be present to talk about their gardens.
Heroic Gardens Festival
Ellerslie International Flower Show - Christchurch
10 - 14 March 2010
Now in its 14th year, Ellerslie International Flower Show is New Zealand's largest gardening event, attracting more than 70,000 visitors. International garden designers include multi award-winning Chelsea Flower Show designer Chris Beardshaw who will create Ellerslie’s largest-ever garden, while Japanese designer Koji Ninomiya will design a traditional Japanese garden.
Ellerslie International Flower Show
September
2010
Spring Festival
- Wellington
Date: TBA
The annual Spring Festival - the opportunity to experience Wellington's Botanic Garden and Otari-Wilton's Bush at their most vibrant - includes more than 40 events and activities. The festival starts in a blaze of colour with Tulip Sunday and features workshops, concerts, guided walks, demonstrations, amazing floral displays, entertainment and more.
Wellington Botanic Garden Events
October
2010
Dunedin Rhododendron Festival
- Dunedin
17 - 25 October 2010
The week-long Dunedin Rhododendron Festival offers more than 50 events, including garden tours and demonstrations, art, food and wine. Dunedin has an ideal climate for rhododendrons and azaleas which thrive in private gardens, as well as three gardens of 'national significance' - Dunedin Botanic Gardens, Larnach Castle, and Glenfalloch Woodland gardens.
Dunedin Rhododendron Festival
Taranaki Rhododendron and Garden Festival
- New Plymouth
29 October - 7 November 2010
One of New Zealand's longest-running garden festivals, the Taranaki Rhododendron and Garden Festival will celebrate 23 years in 2010. The programme features guided walks, celebrity speakers, workshops and 50 open gardens, including 16 gardens of 'regional' and 'national significance'. Located throughout the Taranaki region, festival gardens have been assessed by the New Zealand Gardens Trust for design, plants and planting, maintenance, construction and overall impression.
Taranaki Rhododendron & Garden Festival
November
2010
Hunter's Garden Marlborough
- Blenheim
3 - 8 November 2010
The South Island's premier gardening event, Hunter’s Garden Marlborough is set in a region renowned internationally for its sauvignon blanc wines. This five-day festival showcases some of the region's best gardens, with tours from the plains to the secluded inlets of the Marlborough Sounds. The festival includes an annual art auction, workshops and a garden fete in Blenheim.
Hunter's Garden Marlborough
Pohutukawa Festival
- Coromandel Peninsula
19 November - 5 December 2010
The Pohutukawa Festival is a celebration of New Zealand's native Christmas tree, with art exhibitions, open gardens, concerts and a café crawl through this picturesque coastal region.
The highlight is the Whangamata Jazz Festival, featuring top Kiwi entertainers and garden tours.
Pohutukawa Festival
Timaru Festival of Roses - Timaru
20 - 28 November 2010
Timaru's annual Festival of the Roses will be a feast of colour, entertainment, inspiration and celebration of one of nature's most celebrated beautiful blooms.
The 2010 highlight is the New Zealand Rose Society’s National Spring Rose Show, a showcase of lush and covetable roses.
Timaru Festival of Roses
Great Barrier Island Garden Tour - Great Barrier Island
27 November 2010
The Great Barrier Island Garden Tour is a unique opportunity to visit rural residential gardens on Great Barrier Island in the Hauraki Gulf. The guided tour takes in charming cottage gardens, spectacular coastal panoramas, native flora and birdlife.
Great Barrier Island Garden Tour
Bayley's Garden & Artfest - Bay of Plenty
8 - 14 November 2010
More than 80 Bay of Plenty gardens are open for the week-long Bayley's Garden & Artfest. The gardens provide a unique backdrop for a huge display of local artists in venues from small urban courtyards to rambling country estates. The festival also features a two-day village fair.
Bayley's Garden & Artfest
Auckland Flower Show
- Auckland
TBA: November 2010
The Auckland Flower Show is an annual flower and garden show held in Auckland in November. The first show was held in 1994 and was modeled on the famous Chelsea Flower Show in England.
Auckland Flower Show
New Zealand gardens
Throughout New Zealand there are many internationally and nationally significant gardens with vast collections of local flora - often in natural surroundings - and exotic species.
Most New Zealand towns have large public gardens, and many privately-owned estates are open for visits.
New Zealand gardens of significance
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