Rapaura Springs Garden Marlborough 2021
Wherever you are on your gardening journey, the fabulous Rapaura Springs Garden Marlborough 2021 has a huge range of events and workshops to get you inspired.
Dreamt up by gardeners for gardeners, Rapaura Springs Garden Marlborough is a celebration of some of the country’s most unique and sensational gardens, and aims to serve up a truly unforgettable weekend with a range of garden tours, workshops and social events.
Running from 4–7 November 2021, New Zealand’s premier garden event is the perfect excuse to visit and enjoy the best of what Marlborough has to offer.
Here are some of our top picks for the festival.
Yotam Kay, one of New Zealand’s leading organic vegetable gardening experts, is back with two exciting new workshops.
On Thursday, Yotam explains how to start a no-dig garden, cultivate living soil, capture carbon and provide plants with what they need to thrive. He’ll provide valuable information on various no-dig methods and tips about how to keep your garden productive all year round.
On Saturday afternoon, hear Yotam share his top tips for growing an abundant, organic regenerative vegetable home garden. His simple, reliable strategies and techniques will inspire and give you more tools to help you maximise your ability to feed yourself and your community.
Thursday 4 Nov 2 pm – 4 pm
Saturday 6 Nov 2 pm – 4 pm
Buy your tickets here .
Suzanne Turley
Workshop: Crafting private gardens in Aotearoa
Suzanne Turley is a self-trained plant aficionado, and the founder of one of New Zealand’s most sought-after landscape design studios. The Auckland-based practice is responsible for some of the country’s most prestigious and creative gardens, drawing on its broad range of design and horticultural experience to produce work that accentuates a garden’s structural assets while evoking a sense of discovery and whimsy.
Join Suzanne and architect Ermanno on a visual tour of some of their projects to give an insight behind the scenes of Aotearoa’s contemporary private gardens.
Friday 5 Nov 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm
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Kiwi Spirit Distillery
Workshop: Blue agave: from garden to glass
Kiwi Spirit Distillery in Golden Bay is New Zealand’s only grower of the blue agave, Agave Tequilana Weber, the unique plant originating in Mexico and the main ingredient needed to make tequila.
Learn more about the fascinating history of tequila, and how Kiwi Spirit set about making their New Zealand version of this popular drink. Their TeKiwi retails for $1,000 a bottle, but all workshop attendees will receive a free sample! The workshop also includes a cocktail master class: take your skills to the next level as you create your own cocktails using Kiwi Spirit’s range of premium real fruit liqueurs and award-winning gins and vodkas.
Friday 5 Nov 2.30 pm – 4.30 pm
Saturday 6 Nov 2.30 pm – 4.30 pm
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NODE
Workshop: How to get your house plants to love you back and Tips and tricks for propagating house plants with success
Join the expert team at NODE as they walk you through the ins and outs of making house plants thrive. Learn about the common (and most exciting) house plants, how to look after your plants with ease, the types of soils you need, how to pot up plants properly, how to identify and squash out common pests, and, most importantly, how to make your plants love you back.
Friday 5 Nov 2 pm – 4 pm
Saturday 6 Nov 2 pm – 4 pm
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Wairau Garden Tour
With a new format in 2021, this full-day tour features five exceptional gardens, including a New Zealand Gardens Trust ‘Garden of National Significance’. Traversing the Wairau Plain, Marlborough’s primary vineyard area bordered by the Richmond Ranges and Wither Hills, the tour shows gardens full of creative ideas and inspiring features. Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea provided.
Thursday 4 Nov 9 am – 4.30 pm
Friday 5 Nov 9 am – 4.30 pm
Saturday 6 Nov 9 am – 4.30 pm
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Spring Creek Garden Tour
This half-day tour around the hinterland of Blenheim has a new combination of gardens, with the return of an old favourite and plenty of variety. Featuring three very different gardens that make the most of their locations, including one fed by fresh subterranean spring water, and all benefitting from some of the best soil in Marlborough to grow an impressive range of trees and plants.
Thursday 4 Nov 8.45 am – 12.15 pm
Saturday 6 Nov 8.45 am – 12.15 pm
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The Garden Party – Indulge at Longfield
Anyone at the annual Garden Party in the last two years will need no reminding why we’ve leapt at the chance to go back to the wondrous Longfield. Like Lynne and Rob Hammond, its equally splendid owners, the opulent, grand and theatrical Longfield really understands what it means to party.
Get glamorous, meet old friends and new – including our fabulous visiting presenters – feast on local food and delicious Rapaura Springs wines and soak up the cool sounds from a range of musicians.
As you move around the garden, prepare to be amazed. Statues, fountains, formal garden rooms and classical columns, intriguing hedges, citrus and olives – you could be in a scene from Fellini’s La Dolce Vita.
Saturday 6 November 6.30 pm – 9.30 pm
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STIHL Shop Garden Fete
The Stihl Shop Garden Fete is a highlight in Marlborough’s event calendar, and one of our largest free community happenings. A day at the fete in Churchill Glade is a perfect way to round off Rapaura Springs Garden Marlborough, and to experience the fabulous collection of plants people, artisan vendors and garden product stalls offering a wide variety of high-quality items for the garden and gardener.
Sunday 7 November 2021 9 am – 3 pm
Free Entry
Find out more here .
For more information on the fantastic workshops and events happening, visit www.gardenmarlborough.co.nz
