Visitor Information

A lush, green garden with neatly trimmed hedges, colorful flowers, and a gravel pathway surrounded by vibrant vegetation.

Well Renowned

Flaxmere has been selected by the NZ Garden Trust as a Garden of International Significance and given the rating of 6 stars.

A landscaped garden featuring a brick pathway lined with neatly trimmed bushes, colorful flowers, and a large clay pot. The background includes various trees and lush greenery, creating a serene and picturesque setting.

Convenient

Flaxmere Garden is just 10km from Hawarden. It is a short detour enroute to Hanmer Springs from Christchurch, or a short detour enroute to Kaikoura via the Inland or Leader Roads.

Scenic garden with lush green lawn, blooming flowers, and a small arched bridge over a pond

Welcoming

Penny is available for guided tours on request. Morning and afternoon tea, as well as lunch can also be provided with prior arrangement.

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Native Plantings at Flaxmere

New Zealand indigenous plantings at Flaxmere surround a large pond with a vista to Mt Te Koa.

This is a very different part of the garden which strikes a point of difference.
It is an area that all overseas visitors are particularly interested in.

“Flaxmere is one of those very rare gardens that achieves a perfect balance between diverse plantsmanship and convicted design. There’s interesting plants everywhere you look, but it’s clear that in every case, they serve the bigger purpose of creating a rhythmic opening and closing of magical garden spaces, and the framing of stupendous vistas”

— Michael McCoy - Landscape Designer writer and TV presenter of Australia