Thackwood Garden
★★★★★
Thackwood Garden, comprising three acres, was given a new lease of life some 20 years ago. The house is built on a hill with commanding views of Tasman Bay and the garden has been extended down a step bank that has been terraced, planted and leads down to a large pond at the bottom of a flat paddock. Near the house the mood is gentle with an emphasis on fragrance and beauty.
A wide brick path and gabled colonial entrance arbor is bordered with old and modern roses and cottage plantings. Steps lead down to a large lawn on a lower level. Huge boulders brought in from the back of the farm edge the herbaceous border combined with a formal rose garden. Beyond this point the garden becomes a terraced bank with a wide, grassed, curved path edged with a red brick border. There is a 'Monet walk' beneath iron arches covered with white roses that climb from each side. It is lined with box hedges and a large drift of lavender spreads below. Further down, a cherry walk, under-planted with irises and a Teucrium fruticans hedge, encloses citrus trees. The pond is planted with natives, camellias and hydrangeas and a bridge is currently in construction. A new flat area above the house and BBQ area is enclosed with hedging. An old macrocarpa stump is bordered with climbing roses and a hornbeam hedge surrounds this.
Facilities and Amenities
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Children welcome
Accommodation available
Centre for fine woodworking
Available for weddings
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Open 10am – 4pm by appointment
Adults & seniors $10
Children free
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Head north on Trafalgar Street towards Ajax avenue.
At the roundabout take the 3rd exit on to SH6 to Blenheim/Picton.
About 11km on you will arrive at Thackwood Gardens.
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Physical Address: Thackwood Gardens, 463 Wakapuaka Road
Phone: 03 545 1746
Email: stay@thackwoodcottage.co.nz
Website: http://thackwoodcottage.co.nz
