The Garden
The garden at Tudor Park makes your visit something
special. Including
many different areas and plantings, the garden is a ‘must visit’ by individual gardeners and groups from around the world as well as local. Tudor Park Garden is listed in the NZ Gardens Trust Guide to ‘registered gardens and gardens of significance’.
Around the house are more structured areas, which give
the opportunity to grow special plants that can be viewed and enjoyed from the house.
The aim has always been to use the site to the best
advantage. With this in mind the Long Walk has been developed through two very large pergolas, creating a vista down the main axis of the garden and drawing the eye to the open landscape
beyond.
A large pond, originally used for recreational
shooting, has been adapted to accommodate many choice bog and water plants. This area is an ongoing challenge to Joyce and John, with a dell currently under development.
The Rondel encloses a collection of Old Shrub roses
within a Hornbeam hedge. A canal leads you to another rondel where a sundial, the first prize from a regional garden competition, is surrounded by a Prunus lusitanica hedge.
There are plenty of seats and arbours throughout the
garden, offering pleasant resting places along the way to enjoy the birds, plants and peace.
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