Garden Marlborough

This event is over for 2024, watch here for the 6th to the 9th of November 2025 details.

We will take you to the paradise of Marlborough’s most unique and sensational gardens, travelling along the spectacular eastern seaboard through the valleys and plains of the Marlborough countryside and into Blenheim’s urban hideaways. It’s not simply beauty, form and colour, but energy, passion, hard work and diversity that see gardens selected for our tours.

Entertainment will include music from local artists and groups.

Last year we celebrated 30 years of Garden Marlborough. The event was a wonderful success, with record tickets sales and fabulous feedback from attendees, some of whom have been attending since the very beginning! 

The festival involves a huge number of volunteers in the community who generously give their time to bring together the best event of its kind in New Zealand: the friendly and helpful people who staff our registration operation, the tour guides and workshop hosts, helpers at the fete site, those who make lunches and morning teas ,and many, many others. Our event depends on our extraordinary garden owners, who work tirelessly during the year to open their amazing environments for others to share in and be inspired by. Behind Garden Marlborough is a whole community of people, who come together to ensure we bring you a truly unforgettable weekend.

We invite a very high calibre of guest speakers to our workshop programme. This is a wonderful opportunity to brush up on your skills, deepen your horticultural knowledge and learn professional gardening tricks and tips from prominent New Zealand and international gardening experts.

Anyone at the annual Garden Party in the last two years will need no reminding why we’ve leapt at the chance to go back to the wondrous Longfield for the Garden Party.

The Stihl Shop Garden Fete is a highlight in Marlborough’s event calendar, and one of our largest free community happenings. A day at the fete in Churchill Glade is a perfect way to round off Rapaura Springs Garden Marlborough and to experience the fabulous collection of plants people, artisan vendors and garden product stalls offering a wide variety of high-quality items for the garden and gardener.

Just down the hall from our office at the Blenheim Club, the bar is the perfect way to wind down as you enjoy a glass of delicious Rapaura Springs wine and great local food.