Event

Rotorua Festival of Gardens

Festival Hub at Palmers Rotorua, 147 Sala Street, Whakarewarewa, Rotorua 3010

Overview

Our garden festivals are run biennially, and this year's festival will be from Friday the 14th to Sunday the 16th of November 2025. To all passionate Rotorua gardeners!

Thank you, Rotorua Gardeners! We now have a full complement of over forty gardens entered in our 2025 Festival and are not requiring further entries.

We are hugely grateful to Sandy Cleland at Palmers Rotorua, who has again agreed to sponsor and will be on board for the 2025 festival. With the new Incorporated Societies Act 2022 coming into effect, we must re-register Rotorua Festival of Gardens Incorporated with the Companies Office. This process includes submitting a reviewed set of rules that meet the new act's requirements, and the committee are currently working on this.

The Gardener

Our Vision. To promote the Rotorua District as an attractive area to live and visit; To organise and promote festivals of gardens to encourage people to become more garden-conscious; To promote and conduct events associated with gardens; To raise funds to cover the costs of the festival. Donate surplus funds to a local charity determined by the Gardeners at the Rotorua Festival of Gardens AGM.

We are hugely grateful to Sandy Cleland at Palmers Rotorua who has once again agreed to be a sponsor and will be on board for the 2025 festival.

Special thanks to Palmers Rotorua for supporting the Rotorua Festival of Gardens 2023 and 2025.

Garden Size

While some of the gardens are very large, others demonstrate the wonderful things that can be achieved on small urban properties.

Other Facilities

Stay tuned for more information about free local programming leading up to the festival weekend! We will share more details on this page in the coming few months.

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Info

Dogs allowed?

No.
Food available?

Light refreshments will be on sale at some gardens.
Plants/Sales

Some of our gardeners will have plants for sale and other activities in the gardens are planned.