Gardens

Pick lavender and cut flowers at Lavender Magic in Carterton.

Learn about farm animals during a guided visit to Martinborough Manor's working farm, or take a tour of their stunning gardens.

A festival of all things gardening from plants to produce and everything at Clareville Showgrounds, Carterton.

Longbush Cottage Tulip Festival celebrates the majestic tulip every Spring.

Longbush Cottage in Carterton, brimming with tulips, is open open between September and April.

Queen Elizabeth Park’s collection of exotic trees is stunning, some planted more than 140 years ago. In total there is more than 180 specimen trees, ranging from the skyscraper American redwoods to the quirky Bhutan Pine. Download a map and go for a tree walk.

Astronomy guides help you navigate the stars, then pick some lavender as the sun sets. 

Every year in Summer, Lavender Abbey hold popular "Pick Your Own Lavender" days, or shop year round at The Big Box of Lavender for a stunning range of lavender products made onsite from their multi-award winning 100% pure lavender oil.

Lavender picking days during 2023-2024 are:

Take a tour of Brancepeth, one of Wairarapa's grandest and most treasured historic sites. This colonial homestead and gardens near Masterton is still owned by the family who settled on the land in 1856.