As summer gives way to autumn, it’s the ideal time to get stuck into planning and planting for the year ahead. 

To mark the season, the Great Gladstone Plant Fair is a new Wairarapa experience set to propel us forward into the growing season. 

Visit four diverse gardens in and around Gladstone. Learn from the collective wisdom of the growers  and buy rare plant beauties that aren’t found every day. 
 

Explore four different garden styles

Meet the growers

Buy quality, hard-to-find plants

Grown for Wairarapa conditions - sown from seed, and propagated lovingly by The Gardening Collective –  a group of growers with knowledge and experience to help you grow.

A ticket gets you entry into four gardens in Gladstone and its surrounds. Three are private gardens, and one is open to the public, rated by NZ Gardens Trust as a Four star Garden of Significance.

Self-drive - visit the gardens in any order. 

 

 

 Parkvale Gardens - 349 Moreton Road, Parkvale, Carterton 

Specialist perennial grower  - naturalistic style plantings

The Summit Lodge - 4 Admiral Road, Gladstone 

Natives and mediterranean plantings

Bloomwood - 1393 Te Whiti Road, Gladstone 

Cottage garden with a focus on growing flowers for cutting

Longbush Cottage - 1023 Longbush Road, Longbush 

A modern cottage garden style 

 

 

 

Goes ahead rain or shine. Children are welcome with a ticketed adult. No dogs please.