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.

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