Our 2024-25 season is well underway with already more than 40 happy guests. Below we detail the gardens visited in our tours, with a bespoke option to mix and match. Our tours depart every day from Wānaka until the end of April 2025. 2-garden guided tour This tour visits two very different outstanding gardens: Tour duration 2Continue reading “Our Tours options”
Category Archives: Specialty Tour
What a Summer! Bring on the Autumn!
Wanaka Guided Garden Tours Autumn program with our daily garden tours, a new “Morning with the gardener” experience and the unique Arboretum tour on Sat 13 April
Valentine’s guided garden tours
Guided Garden Tour with a Love theme 11-14 February 22, Wanaka: join or gift a beautiful day out for a romantic Valentine date.
Summer – Autumn Season
Summer and Autumn guided garden tours news by Beautiful Gardens of Wanaka and specialty tours programme.
Food & Flower Tours
Beautiful Gardens of Wanaka has join forces with local Food Tour business Forage & Feast to create new seasonal food and flower tours. Held in December, February and April to showcase spring, summer and autumn, each tour will visit two Wanaka food producer gardens in the morning and two flower gardens in the afternoon. EachContinue reading “Food & Flower Tours”
Garden Tour & Bee experience
Once a month as part of our Grand Garden Tour, we will visit 3 outstanding gardens AND participate in a one-hour exciting and enriching BEE activity with Tiaki Bees. Dates: 23 February 2022 23 March 2022 20 April 2022 more later… Tour include: transport a guided narrative of three gardens morning tea and muffin inContinue reading “Garden Tour & Bee experience”
Orchard tour
Learn how to grow and care for your orchard in Wanaka, Saturday 10th April 1-5pm. We will visit three orchards at various stages of their maturity with their owners and hear about how they manage their fruit trees in our region. A tree pruning specialist will show us how to prune on two different trees,Continue reading “Orchard tour”
Easter Arboretum Tour
We have secured knowledgeable and passionate dendrology local specialists to guide us through our arboretum tour on Easter Saturday. We’ll see conifers and deciduous from all over the world in various stages of their growth. Our expert guides will show how to identify them, tell stories, planting and care tips and share their knowledge andContinue reading “Easter Arboretum Tour”
Vegetable Tour Saturday 6th March
Beautiful Gardens of Wanaka organises a one-off specialty tour to learn about vegetable gardens in our Upper Clutha climate. We will visit three outstanding vegetable gardens in our area and talk with their expert gardeners. Saturday 6 March, 1-5pm Tour includes: Guided tour of the vegetable garden by the gardener Transport from a central locationContinue reading “Vegetable Tour Saturday 6th March”
Valentine Special Garden Tour
On Sunday 14th February, join our Valentine Special garden tour! We will travel together and visit three of our most outstanding gardens to capture beautiful romantic photo settings. We will learn about the healing and aphrodisiac qualities of many plants, as well as admiring flowers, trees and landscapes lovingly created by passionate gardeners. We willContinue reading “Valentine Special Garden Tour”