An event for every occasion and activities for every season. Akaroa and Banks Peninsula has an exciting calendar of events all year round.
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Ethels Cinema Akaroa Weekly Timetable
1 Jan 2024 through to 30 Sep 2024
Inside/Out House and Garden tour
24 Aug 2024 through to 25 Nov 2024
Inside/Out House and Garden tour
24 Aug 2024 through to 25 Nov 2024
Inside-Out House and Garden Tour 23/24 November 2024 – Community Fundraiser for Friends of the Akaroa Museum
Tickets ($55) available from EventFinda and i-Sites NZ wide from September 1st
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Swipe to see two of the properties open to view in this year’s tour.
This Le Bons Bay property will be open to view both house and garden:
Nestled in the valley of Le Bons Bay, Cheddar Manor has been the family home for 30-odd years. The house was the old dairy factory in the Bay and over the years extensions were made and gardens created.
In 2021 a flash flood covered everything with silt and debris, smashing all in its wake. The owners rolled up their sleeves, accepted the generosity of friends, neighbors and even strangers and got stuck in to recover the property.
That was just over two years ago: the garden is now fully recovered, improved and tweaked. Roses, peonies, and lavender bloom and the new raised vegetable beds feed us well. The garden has been described as ‘quirky’ and ‘romantic’ and the house is beautiful and idiosyncratic. Cheddar Manor is proof that phoenixes do indeed rise!
This Robinsons Bay property will be open to view the garden:
The owners purchased this Robinsons Bay farm in 2015 and moved there permanently in Feb 2021.
Most of the garden is only 3yrs old. The owners love of Irises is paramount as they feature in most gardens with at least 95% named. One garden features a collection of “IRWELL” Irises bred by the late Ron Brash. It is an open and sunny garden facing the elements. Proteas (& their families) thrive here including the famous large White & Pink Kings. This cottage garden contains an abundance of bulbs such as daffodils, tulips, lilies, ranunculi’s and delphiniums.
A fern house was built 2022 and is attached to part of a shed dating back to the 1800’s. The veggie garden has spread and is fed with seaweed and mulch.
A selection of potted (named) Irises & possibly some of the owners pastel artwork will be for sale.