DUNEDIN RHODODENDRON FESTIVAL

2009 PROGRAMME

The festival events are listed on the following pages. Please enjoy reading about the fantastic events that are on offer for the 2009 festival. If you wish to be added to the programme distribution list to receive a copy of the printed programme please email info@rhododunedin.co.nz.

WORKSHOPS, TALKS & DEMONSTRATIONS

Festival Opening with Dennis Greville

Enjoy the official opening of the Festival at the magnificent surrounds of Glenfalloch Woodland Garden.

Guest speaker Dennis Greville will talk about the topic of his latest book, ‘Colourful Gardens' and will share secrets on how the use of colour can enhance your garden environment. He will also talk about the effect of light and shadow, the way in which light modifies colour and texture and can contribute to drama or tranquillity in our gardens. Dennis will show photographs that he has taken of gardens in New Zealand and throughout the world.

DATE: Sunday 18 October

TIME: 5.30pm

VENUE: Glenfalloch Woodland Garden, 430 Portobello Road, Dunedin

COST: $15.00

BOOKINGS: Please contact Sequel Events (03) 477 1092 or email victoria@sequelevents.co.nz

ABOUT DENNIS GREVILLE

Author and photographer, with 15 books to date, including award winning 'Gardening In New Zealand Month by Month' and the best selling 'Growing Vegetables Year Round'. Dennis is a regular columnist and photographer for 'New Zealand Gardener', as well as other national and international publications including his regular vegetable-growing magazine feature, 'The Edible Garden', that continues to be popular with readers of 'New Zealand Gardener' since it started nine years ago.

For five years he was gardening editor at 'Your Home', and subsequently for 'Your Home and Garden'. Dennis was the founding and principal photojournalist for 'Weekend Gardener' for eight years and has contributed a regular gardening column for 'Burkes Backyard' for five years.

Dennis has designed gardens throughout New Zealand and Australia. He photographs, paints and sculpts for private commissions and for pleasure.

Easy On the Pocket Vegetable Gardening with Dennis Greville

This one hour presentation with Dennis Greville will be divided into the following topics:

1. Organic and Inorganic - the relative merits of both approaches.

2. Soil preparation and maintenance, drainage and creating your own microclimate.

3. Easy-to-grow vegetables.

4. Growing from seed.

5. Companion planting.

6. Healthy produce: control of pests and diseases.

7. From the garden to the table.

There will also be book giveaways from Hyndman Publishing of Dennis’s very popular ‘Growing Vegetables Year Round’ and his new book ‘Colourful Gardens’.

DATE: Monday 19 October

TIME: 12.30pm and 5.30pm

VENUE: Botanic Garden Centre, Lovelock Avenue, Dunedin

COST: $15.00 (includes morning or afternoon tea)

BOOKINGS: Please contact Sequel Events (03) 477 1092 or email victoria@sequelevents.co.nz

Demonstration of Rhododendron Care

Learn about four seasons of rhododendron care in two hours. Doug Thomson, curator of Dunedin Botanic Garden's Rhododendron Dell, will answer frequently asked questions through practical demonstrations of planting, transplanting, fertiliser application, installing drainage, dead heading and pruning.

DATE: Tuesday 20 October

TIME: 12noon to 2pm

VENUE: Dunedin Botanic Garden

COST: $20

BOOKINGS: Bookings at botanic garden information centre, phone (03) 471 9275. Places limited to 10.

Joseph Jones Summer Floral Workshop

Join the dynamic design team from Dunedin’s leading edge in all things floral, Joseph Jones, for an inspiring hour of demonstrations and tips on how to create simple, stunning floral designs to add that finishing touch to your home this summer.

DATE: Tuesday 20 October

TIME: 10am

VENUE: The Dunedin Club, 33 Melville Street, Dunedin

COST: $15 (includes morning tea)

BOOKINGS: Please contact Sequel Events (03) 477 1092 or email victoria@sequelevents.co.nz

Judith Cullen Seaside Cooking Demonstration and Garden Tour

Popular Dunedin culinary identity Judith Cullen will host a cooking demonstration and garden tour especially for the Dunedin Rhododendron Festival.

Judith will speak about her seaside garden and what plantings are suitable for coastal gardens and kitchen potagers.

She will then carry out a cooking demonstration using seasonal produce which guests will sample with a complimentary glass of wine.

Date: Tuesday 20 and Wednesday 21 October

Time: 11am – 2pm

Venue: 18 Cliffs Road, St Clair, Dunedin

Cost: $55 per person – includes finger food, a glass of wine, garden tour, cooking demonstration and light lunch.

Bookings: Please contact Judith Cullen (03) 455 8381

Open Gardens’ Assessors

Have you seen the TV show? Come and meet our own Open Gardens’ Assessors.

Barbara Wheeler and her team will speak on the Dunedin Open Gardens’ Scheme with Member Gardeners sharing their experiences.

DATE: Wednesday 21 October

TIME: 7pm

VENUE: Dunedin Botanic Gardens Classroom

COST: $5 per person (includes supper)

Painting in the Garden with Janet de Wagt

Join celebrated Dunedin artist Janet de Wagt as she takes a painting workshop especially prepared for the Dunedin Rhododendron Festival.

With rhododendron blooms as the inspiration you will learn techniques for painting in acrylic.

ABOUT JANET DE WAGT

Janet has been a working artist for over 20 years combining her painting with living and travelling in different parts of the world. She has worked on hundreds of projects and residencies including several in Britain, the Banner Project in Alexandra, Threads Project Otago / Southland, and various Dunedin community arts projects.

Date: Saturday 24 October

Time: 12.30pm – 3.30pm

Venue: Dunedin Rhododendron Dell, Rhododendron Dell Carpark

Cost: $25 per person

Bookings: Please contact Sequel Events (03) 477 1092 or email victoria@sequelevents.co.nz

All levels of painting experience are catered for during this three hour workshop. All equipment is provided but please bring your own easel if possible.

Meet at the carpark entrance to the Dunedin Botanic Garden Rhododendron Dell. (Up Lovelock Avenue from Otago University and take your first left down the driveway to the carpark).

Gardens of the Sea

Harvest, prepare and taste local sea vegetables.

Come and discover the spectacular colours and forms of seaweed gardens in our local region. Often described as food and medicine all in one, find out why you should be eating seaweed and how to harvest and prepare it.

The tour includes a guided beach walk where you can see these plants in their natural habitat, a visit to the Aquarium, and a variety of seaweed treats such as kelp chips, dips, seaweed cookies and freshly cooked vegetables from the sea.

DATE: Sunday 25 October

TIME: 2pm - 5.30pm

VENUE: New Zealand Marine Studies Centre and Aquarium, Hatchery Road, Portobello.

COST: $30 per person

BOOKINGS: Phone (03) 479 5826 or email marine-studies@otago.ac.nz. Bookings are essential.

Please Note:

Come prepared for a variety of weather, and bring your gum boots. The event will happen, rain or shine.

GARDEN TOURS

Musselburgh School House & Garden Tour

Musselburgh School’s PTA proudly presents its third annual House and Garden Tour. Again we showcase six beautiful houses and gardens for you to explore.

Enjoy wandering through a large, beautifully restored inner city home, and be delighted by the house and garden of a gentleman’s two-storeyed residence in Mornington.

Explore a private sanctuary tucked away in Patmos Avenue and be entertained by the Bayfield High School Orchestra and the Musselburgh School Choir while enjoying a Devonshire Tea in a tranquil garden setting.

DATE: Sunday 18 October

TIME: 12.30pm – 4.30pm

COST: $20

BOOKINGS: Tickets and maps to be purchased from Musselburgh School Office, phone (03) 455 4586

CONTACTS: Alison Elliott-Dodds (03) 455 8766, Raewyn Elliott (03) 455 3187

Please note:

All people on the tour must wear tickets to be admitted into houses and gardens.

Peninsula Garden Tours

Enjoy the opportunity to visit a collection of beautiful and interesting gardens on the breathtaking Otago Peninsula.

Ticket includes a delicious afternoon tea served in the garden at Broad Bay China, with captivating views of Otago Harbour.

DATE: Sunday 18 October

TIME: 12.30pm - 4.30pm

COST: $12 or $20 for two (includes afternoon tea)

BOOKINGS: Tickets can be purchased from Portobello Deli or Red Barn garden centre on Andersons Bay Road or contact Melissa Itadani (03) 478 1202. Tickets will be available from 1st September.

Dunedin Botanic Garden Rhododendron Dell Tours

Join our special Rhododendron Dell tours led by Botanic Garden staff and discover a spring wonderland.

The Dell covers six hectares of hillside complete with more than 3,500 rhododendrons, comprising 178 species and over 200 named hybrids. Spring flowers and native bush add to the woodland feel.

DATES: Daily from Monday 19 to Friday 23 October

TIME: 6.30pm, one-hour tour

VENUE: Tour starts at the upper garden carpark, Dunedin Botanic Garden.

COST: Free (commercial tour companies - $15 pp)

BOOKINGS: Phone (03) 471 9275 to book

Country Garden Tour

The Country Garden Tour includes a full-day tour through the landscapes of the Strath Taieri and the Maniototo. Enjoy garden visits and refreshments at Gladbrook Station (morning tea) and Clachanburn, a Garden of National Significance (lunch).

DATE: Sunday 18 October

TIME: 8.30am – 6.30pm

COST: $125 per person, all inclusive

BOOKINGS: Please contact Louise Foord, Country Tours, PO Box 12002, Dunedin, phone (03) 467 5041 or fax (03) 467 5071 (bookings essential)

Local Garden Tours with Arthur’s Tours

Arthur has been a very keen gardener for a number of years and is very familiar with local gardens and members of the garden fraternity. There is a choice of two tours, both of which provide an insightful look into a selection of the beautiful local gardens we have here in Dunedin.

No 1 TOUR.

The Pride of the Otago Peninsula Garden Tour visits Larnach Castle and Garden and Glenfalloch Woodland Garden.

DATES: Daily from Sunday, 18 October – Monday, 26 October

TIME: Departing from the Dunedin Visitor Centre in the Octagon at 9.00am

Tour duration 4 hours.

COST: $95 per person (Tour price covers all travel, entry fees and morning tea)

No 2 TOUR.

Afternoon local garden tour of three private gardens.

DATES: Daily from Sunday, 18 October – Monday, 26 October

TIME: Departing from the Dunedin Visitor Centre in the Octagon at 1.30 pm. Tour duration 3.5 hours.

COST: $60 per person

BOOKINGS: Please contact Arthur direct on 0800 840 729 or email arthurstours@xtra.co.nz.

www.arthurstours.co.nz

Bookings are essential.

Tannock Glen Guided Tours

One of Dunedin's hidden treasures, the specialist rhododendron collection at Tannock Glen dates back to 1975 and since then has been nurtured and developed by members of the Dunedin Rhododendron Group.

A large number of rare species collected from the wild, plus choice local hybrids can be seen from the gravelled paths through the 2.5ha site.

Mature trees and unusual shrubs complement this magical woodland garden overlooking Otago Harbour.

DATES: Daily from Friday 23 – Monday 26 October

TIME: 12pm

VENUE: Tannock Glen, Torridon Street, Opoho (follow the SPCA signs)

COST: $3 per person (includes a printed guide and will assist with further plantings).

Nichol’s Vege Bus

Climb aboard for a garden tour with a difference. Three knowledgeable Dunedin gardeners are keen to show you their vegetable gardens and offer hints and tips to first time and experienced gardeners.

The tour leaves from Nichol’s Garden Centre at 1pm sharp. Afternoon tea will be served in the last garden and we will have a garden quiz and spot prizes. It will be a fun and informative afternoon.

Date: Sunday 25 October

Time: 1pm-5pm

Venue: Tour departs from Nichol’s Garden Centre, corner of Timaru and Teviot Streets, Dunedin

Cost: $20.00 per person

Bookings: Phone (03) 455 1579

Please note:

Bus Tour is limited to 45 people. The itinerary will be available to ticket-holders once tickets are purchased. Sorry, this tour is not suitable for children.

Discovery World Tropical Forest - Live Butterfly Experience!

Enter a lush, living, tropical environment and come face to face with some of nature’s most beautiful butterflies. Hundreds of these enchanting creatures roam free all around you – some even stopping (on you) to say hello!

For a truly uplifting experience, head to Discovery World Tropical Forest today!

DATES: Daily during the festival

HOURS: 10am – 5pm

ADDRESS: 419 Great King Street

PHONE: (03) 474 7474

COST: Adult $9.50, Beneficiary / Student $8.50, Child (2 – 15 years) $4.50

Dunedin Chinese Garden

The Dunedin Chinese Garden is an example of a late Ming / early Ching Dynasty Scholar’s Garden. This Garden was built by the Dunedin Chinese Garden Trust to create a permanent reminder Dunedin’s Chinese Heritage. All the building and garden elements – roof tiles, lattice work, lake rocks and granite paving stones – were prefabricated in Shanghai and shipped to Dunedin, along with other authentic building materials, making this a genuine Chinese Garden.

Dunedin’s Chinese Garden is close to the city centre, one of only three truly authentic gardens created outside China.

DATES: Daily during the festival

HOURS: 10am – 5pm (guided tours 10am and 2pm or by appointment), Wednesday 7pm - 9pm

ADDRESS: Corner of Rattray and Cumberland Streets

PHONE: (03) 479 0368

COST: Adult $ 9.00, Beneficiary / Student $ 6.00, Child free

Adult - 12 month entry pass $18.00

Beneficiary/Student 12 month pass $12.00

1 hour guided tour - $20.00 per person

EVENTS & ACTIVITIES

Art in the Garden

To celebrate the 2009 Dunedin Rhododendron Festival, Glenfalloch Woodland Garden is welcoming talented local artists and sculptors to work in the unique garden setting.

Artists will include Jodie Austin (Multimedia artist), Ewan McDougall, Pauline Bellamy (Painting), Angela Salmon (Silk painting), Thelma Emslie (Needle felting), Brian McAllister (Stone carving), Doug Williams (Painting), Lorna Hayward (Wool art) and many more.

There are some new additions of Photography, Jewellery and Embroidery in the Art Studio/Gallery. The Homestead will also be open with school art on display and Spring-themed Outdoor Theatre on the Bridal Lawn. Relive childhood memories and make a sand saucer; flowers, sand and saucer provided.

Come paint a pot in the Potters Cottage and have it fired in the Raku Kiln, ready to take away with you in just 30 minutes or stroll around the rhododendrons and spring flowers at their best. Discover the art and enjoy some afternoon tea or a cheeky little glass of wine in this magical woodland ‘Garden of National Significance’.

DATE: Sunday 18 October

TIME: 12.30pm to 4.30pm

VENUE: Glenfalloch Woodland Garden, 430 Portobello Road, Dunedin

COST: Adults $5.00, Children free

Dunedin Horticultural Society 38th Annual Rhododendron Day

Mid-October is a spectacular time of years for rhododendrons and this is also a good time to plant. Plant stalls have a wide range of rare and unusual plant treasures at very reasonable prices.

Come and explore the wide range of stalls, with proceeds going towards projects in the Dunedin Upper Botanic Garden.

DATE: Sunday 18 October

TIME: From 9am

VENUE: Dunedin Botanic Garden Carpark, Upper Botanic Garden off Lovelock Avenue

COST: Entry is free

BOOKINGS: To book a stall at the event please contact Dave Young, phone (03) 489 7043

Dunedin Rhododendron Festival Golf Tournament

Enjoy a round of golf at one of New Zealand’s most scenic courses and the historic home of New Zealand golf. While you are playing take the time to admire Balmacewen’s stunning rhododendrons. There are lots of great prizes on offer……and they are all rhododendrons.

DATE: Sunday 18 October 2009

TIME: 11.45am

VENUE: Otago Golf Club, Balmacewen Road, Dunedin

SECTIONS: Three grades (men’s, women’s and mixed)

FORMAT: Four ball better ball stableford

ENTRY FEE: $25 per player

ENTRY: To enter contact the Otago Golf Club, phone (03) 467 2099 or email otago@golf.co.nz

Quality Hotel Cargills Rhododendron Breakfast

Enjoy a hearty cooked and continental breakfast before exploring the many other Festival highlights. The Atrium on George Restaurant at Quality Hotel Cargills is offering this hearty breakfast for just $15.50 per person (normally $22.50) over the Rhododendron Week.

Take your time to stroll through the fabulous courtyard garden, vibrant with the spring colours of rhododendrons, azaleas, magnolias and cherry trees. This inner city paradise, established over 40 years ago, is a hidden gem.

DATES: Available each morning from Sunday 18 October to Monday 26 October

TIMES: 7am to 10am

VENUE: Quality Hotel Cargills, 678 George Street, Dunedin

COST: $15.50 per person

BOOKINGS: Phone (03) 477 7983. Bookings are essential.

Port Chalmers & District Lions Club Garden Fete

Join the local Lions Club for the Lions Dunedin Rhododendron Festival Garden Fete in the old historical blue stone quarry overlooking the seaport of Port Chalmers, a short 15 minute drive down the beautiful Otago Harbour.

The local Lions Club has been involved over the last 10 years in developing the Dell, which is in memory of the Late Lady Thorn, a former Mayoress of the town, and they have received several awards to date for their efforts.

At the Garden Fete enjoy the various sale stalls of arts, craft and plants including a display of Bloks hostas, and Otago’s first display of Selao Garden Art of Christchurch.

The Lions BBQ will be operating serving their renowned seafood chowder. Join them for lunch while being entertained by the live music of the 20 piece Otago Symphonic Winds Band.

Enjoy the rhododendrons while they are at their best. Another Lions Community Project

DATE: Saturday 24 October

TIME: 11.30am to 2pm

VENUE: Lady Thorn Rhododendron Dell, Church Street, Port Chalmers

COST: Entry is free

Please Note:

If weather is inclement, the event will be transferred to Sunday 25 October 11.30am to 2pm.

Tasting’s in the Garden at Larnach Castle

Come and spend the afternoon in the garden of Larnach Castle. The garden will be dressed in spring splendour.

Sample some of Otago’s finest wines and beers, and enjoy tastings of delicious locally produced food. Bring a picnic or purchase from one of the many stall holders. Enjoy the entertainment of performing local musicians. Try your hand at a game of pétanque, the way the French play –glass of wine in hand. Take the opportunity to explore and purchase wine from the Castle Cellar.

DATE: Sunday 25 October

TIME: 12noon to 5pm

VENUE: Larnach Castle Garden

COST: $10.00 Adult - $3.00 Child (Garden entry only)

ENQUIRIES: Phone (03) 476 1616 or email larnach@larnachcastle.co.nz

EXHIBITIONS & DISPLAYS

Stuart St Potters Co-op and the Dunedin Floral Art Society Exhibition

The Festival has provided the opportunity for the Stuart St Potters Co-op and the Dunedin Floral Art Society to prepare an exhibition that celebrates the special qualities of both these art forms. Local ceramic artists from the Co-op have provided vases and vessels especially designed to complement the work of local floral artists.

OPENING: There will be an informal opening on Monday 19 October from 5 - 7pm at Stuart St Potters Co-op.

DATES: Monday 19 October - Sunday 25 October

TIMES: Weekdays, 10.00am - 5.00pm. Saturday, 9.00am - 3.00pm. Sunday, 10.00am – 3.00pm

VENUE: Stuart St Potters Co-operative, 14 Stuart St, Dunedin

The Artist’s Room

The Artist's Room proudly presents a selection of new works by three prominent South Island artist’s – Donna Demente, Sue Syme & Helen Back.

Well known Oamaru based artist Donna Demente - graduated from the Elam School of Fine Art at Auckland University in 1987. Since 1990, Demente has held many solo exhibitions in galleries nationwide, including the Dunedin Public Art Gallery (1993), the Eastern Southland Public Gallery (1992 and 1994), Robert McDougall Gallery in Christchurch (1995), Forrester Gallery, Oamaru (1996 and 1998), and the Aigantighe Gallery in Timaru (1997). She has also commissioned works for Te Papa Tongarewa, which has been on exhibition since 2001. Her works are also held in Government House, Te Papa, Forrester Gallery collection, and the Eastern Southland Gallery Collection.

Picton artist Sue Syme attended the Otago Polytechnic School of Fine Art in the early 1980s. Majoring in printmaking, she continued to paint and draw after graduating and now works full time as an artist and has exhibited extensively through out New Zealand.

Sculptor Helen Back brings the whimsical, and sometimes dark side of fairytales to the fore with her intricate figurative studies.

This is the first time all three artists will come together in a collaborative effort.

DATES: Mid October 2009

TIME: Monday to Friday 10am – 5pm, Saturday 12pm - 2pm

VENUE: The Artist’s Room, 2 Dowling Street, Dunedin, www.theartistsroom.co.nz

Dunedin Rhododendron Festival Photographic Display

Come and view the work of the entrants and winners of the Dunedin Rhododendron Festival Photographic Competition, featuring rhododendrons of all colours and sizes.

DATES: Tuesday 20 – Monday 26 October

TIMES: Monday to Thursday 9am – 6pm, Friday 9am – 8pm, Saturday and Sunday 10am – 5pm

VENUE: Wall Street Mall, George Street, Dunedin

The Dunedin Rhododendron Festival Photographic Competition

After the success of the 2007 competition the Dunedin Rhododendron Festival Photographic Competition, in conjunction with Jonathan’s Camera and Video, is back for 2008. Capture the beauty of the rhododendron on film and send in your winning entry today. The only criteria for entry is that a rhododendron must feature somewhere in the photograph.

Entries and winners will be on display at the window outside the Dunedin City Council Customer Services agency from Friday, 31 October.

Entries will be judged by Lynda Hallinan, New Zealand Gardener Editor.

The winning photos will also appear in the 2009 Dunedin Rhododendron Festival programme.

HOW TO ENTER:

Inclue the information below with your photograph and post to PO Box 980, Dunedin.

You can enter as often as you like, provided that each entry is submitted with a separate entry form.

Entries must be received by Wednesday, 29 October 2008.

Please include the following information:

NAME:

ADDRESS:

PHONE NUMBER:

EMAIL ADDRESS:

AGE GROUP: primary school secondary school open

IMAGE NAME:

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY

By entering your images into the Dunedin Rhododendron Festival Photographic Competition, you agree to the following conditions:

• All images must be supplied in hard copy no bigger than A4 size.

• All entries must be accompanied by a completed entry form.

• All entries must include a return postage paid self-addressed envelope. If this is not included your entry will not be returned.

• A person may enter as many times as they wish.

• The judges’ decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.

• All entries must have been taken by the entrant submitting them.

• Entries must be received by Wednesday 29 October 2008 and must be submitted by post to PO Box 980, Dunedin.

• While the photographer will retain the copyright of all images submitted as competition entries, the Dunedin Rhododendron Festival Trust reserves the right to unlimited use of the photos for brochures, promotion and advertising purposes.

OPEN GARDENS

Festival Private Gardens

This self-drive tour features gardens on the Otago Peninsula and the Taieri. The gardens showcase a variety of plants and settings and are not usually open to the public.

DATE: Sunday 18 October

TIME: 12noon – 4pm

COST: $5 per person

BOOKINGS: Please contact Sequel Events (03) 477 1092 or email victoria@sequelevents.co.nz

Please note:

Garden addresses and more information is provided on the garden map which you will receive when you book for this event.

Hart’s Black Horse Brewery – Lawrence

Remaining in the Hart Family since 1884, the tranquil ruins of Otago's most successful provincial brewery are set amongst a spectacular woodland garden featuring a 115-year-old rhododendron forest and many other old rare plant species frozen in time.

In Spring, this breathtaking estate is host to flowering fields and uncounted varieties of daffodils originally planted in 1895 over 25 acres.

Dates: Daily during the Festival

Hours: 10am – 5pm (Group tours by arrangement)

Venue: Follow the Daffodil Signs from Lawrence

Costs: $5.00 Adult, Concession $3.00 (No Booking Necessary)

Dunedin Open Gardens Scheme

It is our pleasure to welcome garden lovers to Dunedin’s private and public gardens, carefully selected through the Dunedin Open Gardens Scheme.

For more detailed information please collect your free copy of the 2009/2010 brochure “Dunedin Gardens to Visit” from the Dunedin Visitor Centre, 48 The Octagon, PO Box 5457, Dunedin, telephone (03) 474 3300, Fax (03) 474 3311. Also available from the Botanic Garden Information Centre, most Dunedin Garden Centres or email trudidave@nettel.net.nz

Key:

RS=Rhododendron Season is the best time for viewing some of the individual gardens, starting on the 18 October 2009 with Dunedin Horticultural Society’s Rhododendron Day culminating with the Rhododendron Festival from 18 - 26 October 2009.

RF=Rhododendron Festival runs from 18 - 26 October 2009. Many of our gardens are open without appointment during this time. Check the list for details.

The following five gardens have been chosen to feature in this year’s Festival programme for their significant rhododendron displays.

1, Fran and Mike Rawling

‘Wylde Willow Garden’

132 North Taieri Road, Abbotsford (entrance off Hyslop Street)

Phone (03) 488 3988

Email wylde.willow@clear.net.nz

RF: 23-26 October 10am ‘till dusk without appointment

Admission $5.00

Over two hundred rhododendrons form the foundation of the spring display at Wylde Willow Garden. Most of these are now mature specimens ranging between ten and twenty years of growth. Of special significance are the specie and Loderi collections and the seventy meter hedge of Pink Pearl and Van Ness Sensation.

The rhododendrons are scattered throughout the five acre park and garden. Plantings are varied and a wide range of companion plants provide both high canopy and ground cover to enhance the display.

The natural richness of the soil promotes rapid growth of the rhododendrons requiring regular pruning and relocating of some specimens. This will be evident to visitors.

2. Daphne and Gavin Clark

‘Lismore’

47 Every Street, Andersons Bay, Dunedin

Phone (03) 454 3034

Please park in Every Street and walk up the driveway.

RS: 12 October to 12 November 1pm-5pm by appointment only

Admission $2.00

This five/eights acre section was purchased in May, 1949, one of four subdivided from the Every estate which was part native bush with a large paddock on a north-west slope which was very sunny. As the trees grew it gradually evolved into a woodland garden with numerous rhododendrons from the very large to the smallest, as well as a collection of vireyas. Azaleas, camellias and magnolias were planted and as more shelter became available maples and rare and unusual plants were able to be grown. In the early years two rock gardens were built, one with rock from the Peninsula and the other with selected limestone. Choice alpines were grown and over the years have been a constant joy.

3. Noelene and Dion Ombler

225 Upper Junction Road, Sawyers Bay (15min scenic drive from the city)

Phone (03) 472 8791

Email dionombler@ihug.co.nz

Open 9am-5pm early Spring to late Autumn

By appointment or when the Garden Open sign is at entrance

RF: 23-26 October without appointment

Admission Adults $2.00 for Cancer Society.

Bought in 1950 this property was partly bordered by pine trees and an untrimmed macracarpa hedge. The house and garden has been built gradually over many years. The driveway, which was bulldozed in 1958, was important to the design of the whole garden. Paths, steps, stone walls, lawns, vegetable and flower beds, and trees, were all established in harmony with the shape of it. In 1974, the section next door was purchased, doubling the size of the garden which is now nearly two acres. As trees and shrubs grew, hedges were removed, but the macracarpa hedge has been kept trimmed to 30 or 40 feet for over 50 years. Natives include beech trees and different kowhais. Exotics and rhododendrons, now tall, give grandeur to the steep slopes and 52 year old roses grace the walls.

4. Marlene and Kevin Lee

‘Brentley’

29 Thornicroft Road, 2 RD, Doctors Point, Waitati

Phone (03) 482 2348

Email popandmarlene@hotmail.com

Open September to March

All visitors, groups and bus tours welcome by appointment

Morning/afternoon tea and lunch by arrangement

RF: 23-26 October without appointment

Admission $4.00

Brentley lies to the sun and overlooks the picturesque inlet of Blueskin Bay. The sheltered hillside garden has a microclimate enabling the owners to grow a surprising range of plants. Since 1997 considerable development and planting has been carried out. Paths criss-cross the slope creating borders where many different genera are planted: hostas, bulbs, Trillium, hellebores, Iris, perennials, roses and various trees and shrubs including mature and more recent planted rhododendrons, maples and prunus. A collection of succulents, some tender, are planted under the lee of the house. A water feature and a glasshouse allow further kinds of plants to be grown.

5. Olwyn and Warwick Grey

‘Greydene’

Haggart Street, Wingatui, 2RD, Mosgiel

Phone (03) 489 6787

Email the-greys@xtra.co.nz

RF: 23-26 October 10am-6pm

Admission: Gold Coin Donation

Greydene lies to the sun on the hill above Wingatui with panoramic views over North Taieri, Mount Allan and through to Silverpeaks. The owners moved here in 1994 knowing the land had been part of Gore’s Brickworks – clay and rotten schist. The initial landscaping around the house was to give a flat cobbled seating area with flower beds for smaller rhododendrons, citrus and bulbs. The slopping property has now evolved to a garden of 270 rhododendrons of all colours, some in drifts of palest lavender through mauve to purple or creams to peach and apricot. A series of paths and steps descend past the rockery to the woodland paths of the lower garden. Many mature trees lend shade to the larger leafed loderi and some species rhododendrons, camellias, maples, magnolia, conus, crabapple and prunus, all underplanted with perennials.

Plantings of flowering shrubs have encouraged the many bell bird, tui, silvereye, Rosella and wood pigeon to visit the garden.

6. Anne Moore and Peter Cooke

Hereweka Garden and Nursery,

Rapid No 10, Hoopers Inlet Road (via

Allen’s Beach Road), Portobello, RD 2

Dunedin

Phone (03) 478 0880 (day) or (03) 478 0165 (evening)

RF: 23-26 October without appointment.

At other times by appointment only.

Admission $10.00 per person

No charge during Rhododendron Festival

7. Margaret Barker

Larnach Castle, 145 Camp Road, Otago Peninsula.

Phone (03) 476 1616

Email larnachcastle.co.nz

Open Daily 9am-5pm 365 days

Open Daily 9am-7pm during daylight saving

Mid-October to March.

Admission to grounds Adults $10.00 Children $3.00

8. Anne and David Rayns

15 Raynbird Street, Company Bay.

Phone (03) 476 1680

Open September to March by appointment (phone evenings)

RS: 17-23 October inclusive 10.30am-5.30pm

without appointment. Closed Labour Weekend.

Admission by donation to The Royal NZ Foundation

for the Blind

9. Glenfalloch Woodland Garden

Portobello Road, Otago Peninsula.

Phone (03) 476 1775 or (03) 476 1006

Open Daily all year.

Admission Adults $5.00 Children $1.00

10. Shirley and Don Parsons

Harbourside B&B

6 Kiwi Street,

St Leonards

Phone (03) 471 0690

Email harboursidebb@xtra.co.nz

Open September-Easter by appointment

RF: 18 October and 23-26 October

Admission $2.00

11. Lady Thorn Dell

Port Chalmers Quarry, Church Street,

Port Chalmers

Open to Public all year

Admission Free

12. Gwyneth and Les Pullar

86a Beach Street, Waikouaiti

Phone (03) 465 8138

Email glebecottagegarden@xtra.co.nz

Open by appointment September to April

RS: 18 October and 23-26 October without appointment

Admission $4.00

13. Tannock Glen

Torridon Street, Opoho, Dunedin

Phone (03) 477 9642

Open all year without appointment

RS: 18 October and 23-26 October

Guided tours 23-25 October

Free Admission

14. Dunedin Botanic Garden

Lovelock Avenue, Opoho, Dunedin

Phone (03) 477 4000 Fax (03) 477 8052

Tours by arrangement Ph (03) 471 9275

Open daily dawn to dusk.

Free Admission

15. Woodhaugh Garden

George Street, Dunedin

Open daily all year.

Free Admission

16. Olveston

42 Royal Terrace, Dunedin

Phone (03) 477 3320 Fax (03) 479 2094

Email olveston@dra.co.nz

Open Daily 9.30am-5pm

Admission: donation welcome for ongoing maintenance

17. Chinese Garden

Cnr Cumberland and Rattray Sts

Phone (03) 479 0368

Open Daily 10am-5pm

Admission Adults $9 Students & Beneficiaries $6

Season Admission Adults $18, Students & Beneficiaries $12

18. Mosgiel Memorial Gardens

Hartstonge Avenue, Mosgiel

Open all year

Admission Free

19. Linda and David Duff

“Broadacres”

413 Riccarton Road, RD 2, Mosgiel

Phone (03) 489 1077

Email david.duff@xtra.co.nz

Open October to March by appointment

RF: 23-26 October without appointment

Admission $3.00

20. Trudi and David Stewart

“Northview”

61a Main South Road, East Taieri

Phone (03) 489 8904

Email trudidave@nettal.net.nz

Open September-May by appointment

RF: 23-26 October without appointment

Admission $2.00 Donation

21. Pip Reid

No. 8 Garden with Herbs

8 Holyhead Street, Outram

Phone/Fax 027 489 3941

Open all year, Garden attended 10.00am-5.00pm

RF: 23-26 October

Admission Free

22. Noel-Ann and Carl Stroud

“Seguier”

ACCOMMODATION

We are pleased to offer two fantastic accommodation deals for those visiting Dunedin for the festival.

MERCURE HOTEL DUNEDIN

$150 incl gst

To book please visit the website www.accortrade.info/5699

MERCURE HOTEL LEISURE LODGE

$144 incl gst

To book please visit the website www.accortrade.info/6222