Taranaki Garden Festival

Your travel itinerary

Featured Gardens:

Waiongana Gardens: An elegant 10-acre country garden beside the Waiongana River, developed by John and Diana and known as one of Taranaki’s most sought-after wedding venues.

Cairnhill: Defined borders filled with irises, peonies and special plantings, a new berry house, raised garden beds and the Jane Downes ‘BeeHaven’ sculpture.

Leonie’s Garden: A large country garden featuring wetlands, a woodland garden, rhododendrons, hostas, outdoor living spaces and creative land-art elements.

Pukekura Park: Taranaki’s premier botanical garden combining native bush walks with vibrant rhododendron and azalea displays.

Hurworth Garden: A graceful one-hectare country garden surrounding a 1910 villa, filled with massed plantings, beds and borders.

Pukeiti Gardens: A world-renowned rhododendron collection set within lush native forest, developed over seven decades.

Ngā Pātiki: A coastal garden created from bare paddock, featuring formal hedging, flowering shrubs, roses, perennials, fruit trees, a walipini greenhouse and pottery studio.

Saxon Sanctuary: A diverse collection of native and exotic trees, rare plants and colourful rhododendrons, azaleas, astilbes and irises complemented by pondside hostas.

Nice Garden: A tropical-style garden of palms and lush foliage surrounding the deck, with an outdoor fire adding ambience.

Riverlea: Includes a perennial border, woodland garden, maple walk and a boardwalk down to riverside seating among mature native trees.

Villa Verde: A vibrant cottage garden full of roses, irises, clematis and hostas, plus a vegetable garden, glasshouse, berry house and orchard.

Sanderson Garden: A richly textured garden with sculptures, ornaments, roses, shrubs and winding paths.

Tairoa Lodge: A gracious heritage property with sweeping lawns, towering kauri and pohutukawa trees, offering an elegant garden setting.

Gravetye: A refined formal garden showcasing mass green planting, mixed borders, a sunken vegetable garden, a reflection pool, pleached limes and a remarkable laburnum arch.

Te Henui Cemetery: New Plymouth’s oldest public cemetery, unexpectedly lush with mature trees and six hectares of colourful mass plantings.

The Vicarage: A peaceful garden surrounding a historic colonial building, known for its harmonious blend of annuals and perennials.

Inclusions

• Return Air New Zealand flights Auckland / New Plymouth
• Five nights’ in New Plymouth
• Daily breakfast, three lunches, five dinners 
• Behind the Scenes at Juno Gin
• Entrance to gardens as indicated
• Private coach transfer throughout
• Pukekohe Travel Escort subject to 15 passengers travelling

Cost

*This is a cash price. Credit cards will incur a 1.5% fee
*Itinerary and costs subject to change, airline and fuel charges and currency fluctuations prior to final payment

Exclusions

• Items of a personal nature
• Items and meals not specified
• Travel insurance

Booking Conditions

• A non-refundable deposit of $300 per person
• Final payment by 18 September 2026
• Final payment – non-refundable

Cancellations

• Deposit – non-refundable
• After 18 September 2026 – no refund

Travel Insurance

We strongly recommend all clients purchase travel insurance to protect against cancellations, lost items, and delays that could lead to unexpected costs. Please ask us for a quote.

Health & Mobility

To ensure the tour is enjoyable for the whole group, a moderate to good level of fitness is required. Wheelchairs and walking frames are not practical or permitted on the tour. We expect you to arrive fit healthy and ready to travel. 

Terms and Conditions

For full terms and conditions please visit our website Terms and Conditions or please ask our tour consultant for a copy.