A self-booked garden tour across the city, the Taieri and the Otago Peninsula. Browse each garden, see the photos, and plan your own route by region, by budget, on foot or by bike.
Our five curators' gardens are live now, with more gardens joining soon.
How the gardens are graded
Every garden is individually graded. The grade is a guide to scale and significance, not a ranking.
Gardens of national or international significance. A special day out.
Outstanding gardens, well worth going out of your way for.
Established, characterful gardens with plenty to see.
Public and specialist gardens, open to all.
Every garden is graded by our team of curators, respected local gardeners: Dylan Norfield, Fran Rawling QSM, Peter Cooke and Anna Moore, Barbara and Gerry Wilkins, and Clinton Chambers and Rodney McDonald. Meet the curators →
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