Programme
| Mon 2 Dec | Tue 3 Dec | Wed 4 Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morning | 8:00 – 8:30: Load bus at Conference Venue 8:30 – 10:30: Travel 10:30 – 11:30: Gore Museum John Money Wing 11:30 – 12:00: Travel | 09:00 – 10:30: Jessie Calder Garden 10:30 – 10:45: Travel 10:45 – 12:15: Briarfield Farm [morning tea] | 9:00 – 9:30: Travel 9:30 – 10:30: Joan Scarlet Garden Winton 10:30 – 10:45: Travel 10:45 – 11:45: Blue Willow Farm [morning tea] 11:45 – 12:15: Travel |
| Afternoon | 12:00 – 2:15: Maple Glen [boxed lunch] 2:15 – 3:15: Travel 3:15 – 4:00: Bluff Point 4:00 – 4:30: Travel 3:15 – 4:00: Bluff Point | 12:15 – 12:30: Travel 12:30 – 2:00: Tudor Park 2:00 – 2:30: Travel 2:30 – 3:30: Te Hikoi Museum, Riverton 3:30 – 3:45: Travel to Point (Howells Point) | 12:15 – 2:15: Castlemaine [boxed lunch] 2:15 – 4:00: Travel to Queenstown Airport Travel to Conference Venue Cromwell |
Accommodation
Accommodation is optional, but there will be three coach drop-off and pick-up sites only, each centred around multiple accommodation choices.
Ascot Park Hotel and Motels corner of Tay St and Racecourse Rd
Coach to reception
Mid-Tay Street
Coach to Tay St opposite Admiral Court Motels
Suggestions: Admiral Court Motel, Colonial on Tay, Comfort Inn Tayesta, 388 Tay Motels, 295 On Tay Motels, Balmoral Lodge, Bella Vista Invercargill
Downtown near corner of Tay and Dee Streets
Coach to opposite Langlands Hotel
Suggestions: Langlands Hotel, Quest Invercargill Serviced Apartments, Victoria Railway hotel, Tuatara Backpackers Lodge
Transport
All transport will be by coach. Private vehicles will be allowed for those requiring a wheelchair, only.
Gardens
Maple Glen
Maple Glen is a well-established woodland and wetland garden with many different informal areas. A rose and a white garden, with designs different to the rest of the property, are being developed in a separate area behind a large hedge.
Jessie Calder Garden
The Jessie Calder Garden is a large garden of old roses within Queens Park, a large municipal garden owned by the Invercargill City Council. The Jessie Calder garden was declared a “Garden of National Significance” Heritage Roses New Zealand in 2005.
Further information is contained in a brochure that will be supplied to delegates.
Briarfield Farm
Briarfield Farm is a garden with several areas and private relaxing spaces. It has modern rose beds, an herb garden, woodland, orchard, and a romantic heritage garden all enclosed in a 60-year-old macrocarpa hedge. This is a garden designed for all seasons, with waves of colour, texture, and fragrance. Roses smother the road-front, scramble into fruit trees and are tucked into unexpected places.
Tudor Park
Tudor Park contains heritage roses, trees, shrubs, perennials: everything except annuals. Landscaping is in the English style. There is a long walk with large pergolas covered in old roses, a rondel enclosed by a hornbeam hedge, a small canal covered in water lilies. The canal connects to a small, enclosed garden with a sundial. Tudor Park was awarded for a large garden by the Southland Garden Trust.
Joan Scarlet Garden
Joan Scarlet’s Garden is in direct contrast to the other gardens on our tour. This is a small-town garden where the owner has integrated her home with her garden and is happy for tourists to see inside her house. The garden has English-style plantings.
Castlemaine
Castlemaine is a large, landscaped garden featuring garden rooms and statuary. Around every corner comes a wonderful new vista. A calming ambience to conclude the Post-Conference Tour.
Blue Willow Farm
Blue Willow Farm has evolved after the family left home. The owner and her late husband planted all the trees on the property and enjoy growing plants in the English-cottage garden style. The garden contains many “treasures” including some alpine plants.