North Canterbury News: August 20, 2020

Hurunui Garden Festival
29th October
to
1stNovember
A bounty of gardens to admire and inspire, will
be on showinthe Hurunuidistrict thisSpring.
The Hurunui Garden Fesval has 17 gardens
on offer, two self-driven tours offthe beaten
track and garden-basedeventstoeducateand
entertain.
It runs from Thursday, October 29 toSunday,
November 1. Visitors wanng to aend have
unl September 6totake advantage of early
bird specials.
Launched in 2018 by agroup of keen local
garden owners tohelp the Hurunui district
recover from the impact ofthe devastang
earthquake ofNovember 2016, the fesval
has become apopular event. Many visitors
makeitalong weekendsotheycan enjoythe
manyaraconsthe district has on offer.
HurunuiGardenFesval Incorporated (HGF),is
commied to invesng back in itscommunity.
The commiee will give astudent,graduang
fromaHurunuisecondaryschool,ascholarship
to the value of $2000 towards study in
horculture at their choice of University or
Instute ofTechnology, on the occasion of
HGF makingareasonable profit.
Seventeen gardens, five of them new to
the event, feature on this year’s fesval
programme. They are in six clusters and
garden owners willbereadytogreet youand
share their stories of how they have created
their gardens.
Anew tour, Mysteries of the Waipara Gorge,
complete with iron sculptures, concreons
and moa bones, has been introduced, while
the Hidden Gems from the Lowry Hills tothe
Sea,makes its return.
If youwouldyou like to donatetothe Hurunui
Garden Fesval scholarship fund you can do
via atransfertoour bankaccountlistedbelow
- Account name: Hurunui Garden Fesval
Incorporated.
Accountnumber:02-1278-0028459-00.
Bank name:BNZ.
Entryis$10 per garden,children under18free.
Tickets for the tours are $95 per person and
includes morning tea, lunch and aernoon
tea.
Tickets available now from
hurunuigardenfesval.com