Type: Country/Mixed, Medium Country
Owner: Don & Margaret Ingold
Address: Bennetts Road, Ruapuna, No 5 RD, Ashburton Mid Canterbury
Phone: (03)303-6371
Fax: (03)303-6381
Cellphone: 027-2033-434
Email: d.m.ingold@xtra.co.nz
Contact: Don or Margaret
Description
A developing well sheltered garden of 8 years, that surrounds a 25 year old Summerhill Stone House. It features specimen trees, large lawns, rhododendrons, roses and perennials are dotted around the whole garden. It is a garden that flowers from Mid October to Mid March.
The pergolas are a feature, especially covered with climbing roses, of our 2 acre garden, also so are our stone walls and paths whcih were built from the plentiful lichen covered Ruapuna stones, that abound locally.
Other Information
Open: October to March by appointment only.
Admission: $3.00 per person, children free.
Directions: From Tinwald, turn right and turn onto Maronan Road, turn right into Jaines Road, cross over State Highway 72, onto Bennetts Road and first house on the left.