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Canterbury Springtime Gardens & Hanmer Springs Fete Hosted by Moa Tours
Canterbury Springtime Gardens & Hanmer Springs Fete Hosted by Moa Tours
Canterbury Springtime Gardens & Hanmer Springs Fete Hosted by Moa Tours
Canterbury Springtime Gardens & Hanmer Springs Fete Hosted by Moa Tours
Canterbury Springtime Gardens & Hanmer Springs Fete Hosted by Moa Tours
Canterbury Springtime Gardens & Hanmer Springs Fete Hosted by Moa Tours

Canterbury Springtime Gardens & Hanmer Springs Fete Hosted by Moa Tours

Trip Type: Touring
New Zealand | 7 Days | 1 - 18 People
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NZD 4,520.00 /Person

Moa Tours Presents - On this springtime New Zealand garden tour the blooms are at their very best. You’ll enjoy private farmhouse lunches with coun...

Canterbury Springtime Gardens & Hanmer Springs Fete Hosted by Moa Tours

Moa Tours Presents - On this springtime New Zealand garden tour the blooms are at their very best. You’ll enjoy private farmhouse lunches with country hospitality from the Hurunui to Banks Peninsula. Among the numerous highlights are lunches at Flaxmere Farm and Akaunui Homestead, and the gardens at Fishermans Bay, Giant’s House and Ohinetahi.

On arrival in Christchurch at 10:25am we drive north through Waipara to lunch with Penny Zino at Flaxmere Farm, Hawarden a six star Garden of International Significance. Penny has devoted 50 years to creating this beautiful seven acre garden on a terraced riverbed. Later in the day we continue through the Hurunui farmlands to Hanmer Springs, our home for two nights. We dine out this evening.

After a leisurely start at Hanmer this morning we explore three very different farm gardens of the Hurunui – visiting Doreen and Michael Dryden at Loch Leaven, enjoying a picnic lunch with Vicki Collett and Andrew Dalzell at Coldstream and meeting Anita and Richard Todd at Saddlewood, In the afternoon we return to Hanmer in plenty of time to enjoy a soak in the hot pools or check out the boutique shops.

Stroll around the Hanmer Springs Fete held in the historic Queen Mary Hospital grounds. Browse the stalls of fine arts, crafts, local wine and food and lunch at the Fete. In the afternoon we drive over to Banks Peninsula to Akaroa to stay two nights in Akaroa and dine out both evenings.

We visit Jos and Stew Howden’s Potter’s Croft garden and lunch in Akaroa with John and Lesley at Blythcliffe House built in 1857. In the afternoon we visit Josie Martin’s Giant’s House, a six star garden of international significance, where the garden is alive with amazing sculptural mosaics.

We meet Katherine Fraser at Coombe Farm garden in Takamatua Valley then drive to Fishermans Bay along a dramatic cliff top to lunch in Richard and Jill Simpson’s garden of National Distinction. We call into Barry’s Bay Traditional Cheese shop then return back over Banks Peninsula to Methven where we stay two nights at SkiTime Lodge and dine in.

Close to Mt Somers we visit Sara and Paul Grigg’s garden at Surrey Hills. A lake and woodlands are features of Carolyn and Donald Williamson’s Coniston Gardens with vintage, classic cars and farm machinery collections. At Akaunui we relax over a long lunch with Ian and Di Mackenzie in their historic farm homestead set in magnificent gardens.

From Methven we head to lunch at The Store, Tai Tapu then continue to Governors Bay to the late Sir Miles Warren’s stunning Ohinetahi for afternoon tea. There’s time to wander the estate’s galleries, sculptures and 1.25 hectares of garden on the shores of Lyttelton Harbour before departing for Christchurch Airport. finishing approximately 5:00pm

Meals
All Meals Are Included

Transport
All transport by comfortable, air conditioned coach (maximum of 18 travellers)

Accommodation
Quality accommodation chosen for a “sense of place”.

Included Activities
  • Services of your knowledgeable MoaTours Kiwi guide.
  • Private lunch with Penny Zino at her Flaxmere Farm
  • Arrive at the pretty alpine village of Hanmer Spring
  • Check out the stalls and lunch on local produce at the Fete
  • Drive Canterbury’s country roads and travel over wide, braided rivers
  • See vintage, classic cars and farm machinery collections at Coniston Gardens
  • Akaunui Farm – enjoy a private lunch at this mid-Canterbury farm homestead
  • Lunch at historic Blythcliffe House in Akaroa
  • The quirky, colourful sculptures at The Giant’s House
  • Richard and Jill Simpson’s clifftop garden at Fishermans Bay
  • Lunch with Kathrine Fraser at historic Coombe Farm
  • Jos and Stew Howden’s Potter’s Croft garden
  • Historic Ohinetahi Homestead and Garden
  • Ts&Cs apply, subject to availability. Price $5120 is based on twin share land only. Single price land only is $4900*. Flights if required are additional and must be paid in full. Space is limited. Insurance is not included in price and can be added at an additional cost.

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Trip Location
Trip Starts:
Christchurch, New Zealand
Trip Finishes:
Christchurch, New Zealand
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New Zealand | 7 Days | 1 - 18 People

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