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6 | SELWYN GARDENING GUIDE <strong>2025</strong><br />
meet us in<br />
the Country<br />
BROADFIELD GARDEN<br />
Explore this award-winning garden, featuring beautiful<br />
vistas, New Zealand cultural icons, topiary, bonsai, and<br />
well-kept hedges. Find practical ideas for garden design,<br />
planting advice, and maintenance tips, with a focus on<br />
plants that thrive in Canterbury. Wander through various<br />
plant collections, including beech and kauri forests, a<br />
canal, a museum lawn, and an azalea garden. Bring a<br />
picnic and enjoy a peaceful day outdoors.<br />
250 Selwyn Road, Rolleston<br />
$20 adults, children free.<br />
CASA ROSSA<br />
Visit this 1.25-acre Italianate garden, transformed over<br />
25 years from a former shingle quarry into a masterpiece<br />
with a 5-star Garden of National Significance rating from<br />
the New Zealand Gardens Trust. Explore the tapestry<br />
beech walk, vibrant maples, roses, junipers, and unique<br />
artworks throughout the garden.<br />
203 Jowers Rd, West Melton<br />
$15 adults, children free.<br />
SPRING Garden<br />
open days<br />
Self-drive tour<br />
13–16 November<br />
10am–4pm<br />
Visit Selwyn’s award-winning gardens<br />
opening in spring.<br />
Get a group of friends together and explore<br />
beautiful gardens and nurseries in bloom at<br />
one of the open days. Enjoy great walks and<br />
cafes nearby.<br />
For details visit<br />
selwyn.nz/spring<br />
KNOCKDOLIAN<br />
Established in 1939, Knockdolian is now a 4-star Garden<br />
of National Significance, recognized by the New Zealand<br />
Gardens Trust. With a variety of well-established areas<br />
— orchard, vegetable garden, rose garden, native plants,<br />
rockery, deep borders, and woodlands — there’s plenty<br />
to explore and enjoy.<br />
Open 13 –15 November.<br />
505 Deans Road, Darfield<br />
$10 per person.<br />
ORTEL GARDEN AND NURSERY<br />
This expansive, meticulously designed garden with<br />
flamboyant, wild planting is over 30 years old, features<br />
garden rooms with roses, vegetables and pleached<br />
hornbeams. Explore ponds, a stream, perennial borders,<br />
new wave planting and a Japanese-inspired cloud-pruned<br />
garden. The garden includes an extensive plant collection,<br />
native arboretum and various planting styles.<br />
Visit the on-site nursery open daily at 11am, 1pm and 3pm.<br />
Tea and refreshments are available for purchase.<br />
To book tickets and receive the address visit www.ortel.nz<br />
West Melton<br />
*Open Friday 14th and<br />
Saturday 15 November only<br />
Entry: $20 adults, children free.<br />
Gardens open by appointment only:<br />
CEDER PARK TAI TAPU SCULPTURE PARK STONEYCROP
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