I invite you to come with me to Hereweka Garden on Otago Peninsula, not far from Dunedin. This is the home garden of Peter Cooke and Anna Moore. We visited on Sunday, a beautiful summer’s day in spring. It was fine, sunny, hot and bright. Perfect day to be exploring one of the best gardens around!
We’ll start at their house, and then I’ll order the photos to match the route our explorations took.
We walked in via this pergola…
and walked down this grassy path
I glanced to the right and saw these gorgeous tulips
and evidence of the hard work maintaining such a lovely garden
I looked ahead and there was Harbour Cone (local landmark)
I looked up the slope and there was the rustic arbour I’d been standing under a few minutes earlier
Another view of Harbour Cone
I found a beautiful white rhododendron
Behind the house and further up the slope is a fruit and vegetable garden. I was amazed to see tamarillos ripening on a tree (warm climate fruit tree)
Neat rows of vegetables
and a glasshouse
Within the fenced area there were chooks
Before I left the vege garden I took another photo
I left the vege garden and found some lovely lilac flowers
Tomorrow we go for a walk on the wild side, continuing our exploration…
If you would like to know more about Hereweka Garden and the owners you can visit this page on their website
Text and photos by Exploring Colour (2017)
What a wonderful garden and the view! Great! I think it’s a lot of “work” and love to keep the garden in such a good condition.
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Its so lovely just to be there and experience all the different spaces, and soak in the peace and tranquility. Its like its own little world!
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What a gorgeous place and fun experience! I love those purple tulips and the flowers around them.
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The tulips looked good enough to eat, like boisenberry ice-creams! Tomorrow I’ll share a completely different part of the property – real kiwi “bush”. Hope you’ll be back tmw Ellen! Thanks 🙂
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Beautiful photos and a wonderful location!
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You can’t beat the location! Working right now on tomorrow’s installment “A Walk on the Wild Side at Hereweka” where we get into the more wild native part of their property!
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Looks like you had a lovely day! 😄 What a beautiful garden. 🍃
-Emma
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It was a fabulous day thank you Emma. Thanks for reading and have a great day!
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You, too!
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Wow, very beautiful, thank you very much. I enjoyed the walk along the garden and it was wonderful experience.
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You’re very welcome and it makes me happy you enjoyed the walk. I invite you to join me tomorrow for a “walk on the wild side”!
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I will wait to join you😀
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Thank you! I’ll enjoy having your company tomorrow as we explore the wild side of Hereweka 🙂
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Sounds like a great day out! Breath-taking views in your second shot particularly.
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Honestly, its like paradise there! So warm, such a lovely garden and property, and the views are awesome 🙂
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