2024 Events

Hurunui Garden Festival is an opportunity to explore private gardens of North Canterbury. As part of the festival, Flaxmere Garden is the venue of a number of events set to educate, entertain and inspire you. For more information check out www.hurunuigardenfestival.com

Dates: 31st October - 3rd November 2024

Flaxmere Garden events at this year’s Hurunui Garden Festival

Flowers in the Barn: Katherine English will be demonstrating her magic with garden flowers upstairs in the barn on Friday Nov 1 & Sat Nov 2 at 11am. Cost: $25pp payable to her.

Photographic exhibition: Flaxmere Garden through the seasons and timeline.

Plant sale: Huge range of Penny’s dry loving plants for sale.

Angel cakes, artisan soap & books: Available for purchase.

Guided talks: With Penny Zino. Meet outside the barn every day at 10am. Oct 31: Garden Walk. Nov 1: Jemima Savage and Lou Boisard will explain the creation of the new dry garden, on site. Meet outside the barn 10am refer opposite page. Nov 2: How to plan and create a naturalistic garden. Preordered lunchboxes are available from Waikari Kitchen – www.deanchef.co.nz.