Flaxmere Garden

Enjoyable group visit with warm welcome from host

We visited these gardens as part of a group tour and were welcomed with a wonderful lunch of salmon, salads, fresh bread etc followed by a selection of meringues, shortbread, and fruit cake. We were t...

Paradise and haute cuisine in North Canterbury

We visited Flaxmere Garden on a rainy cold day which was most unseasonal for March. But hostess Penny Zino made us feel warmly welcome and what’s more her home was cosy with a fire burning in the he...

Wonderful country garden

Wonderful large expansive garden like a park. Ponds, pools, vistas and wonderful plantings of colour, both perennials and natives and large trees.

The cottage was beautiful and the gardens enchanting.

We stayed for two nights in the cottage set in the middle of the beautiful gardens. The cottage was spacious, beautifully decorated and very comfortable. The thoughtful touches of vases of fresh flowe...

Family wedding at Flaxmere Gardens

This was in the top 3 places I’ve ever had the pleasure of being at a wedding ... stunning!!! This was for my partners sisters wedding and we enjoyed the wedding in the gardens, then drinks and nibbl...