From Monday 19 October all tickets purchased online will need to be collected in person. Get Tickets
With less than a month till the garden festival commences, now is the time to begin planning your itinerary.
How many gardens, art studios and regional attractions will you fit in your day?
With so much to see and do we recommend that you pre-purchase your garden entry tickets before the festival, this will save time on entry at each garden you visit.
The 2020 Taranaki Garden Festival presents an inspiring mixture of award-winning gardens, parks, and open spaces from around the region
The stars of the 10-day festival are the glorious private gardens Taranaki has to offer, open exclusively for the festival.
Meet the owners and be inspired and informed by their garden creations.
NOTE: From Monday 19 October all tickets purchased online will need to be collected from the TAFT office, 50 Brougham Street, New Plymouth.
Once the Festival commences on Friday 30 October all tickets purchased online will need to be collected from The Festival Hub located in the White Hart Hotel Courtyard, Cnr Devon St West and Queens St, New Plymouth.
History and beauty combine to create a soothing garden picture against a rural backdrop in Hawera. Read More >
History and beauty combine to create a soothing garden picture against a rural backdrop in Hawera. Read More >
History and beauty combine to create a soothing garden picture against a rural backdrop in Hawera. Read More >
Tūpare is an Arts and Crafts-inspired property established in 1932 by the Matthews family. Read More >
Tūpare is an Arts and Crafts-inspired property established in 1932 by the Matthews family. Read More >
Hundreds of nikau palms set the South Pacific theme. Read More >
This is the year of the garden — gardens have soothed our minds, nourished our bodies and have been a therapeutic activity while we take our minds off other matters. This spring our 40 glorious gardens will be primed and ready for you to visit, and they will be the most spectacular ever.
Our 33rd festival is set to allow you to learn, be excited or spend leisure time in a beautiful outdoor space. Our festival is the perfect place to pause, relax and appreciate nature. We have four new gardens for you to visit in the 10-day celebration and a blooming events calendar to take you on a journey around the maunga to discover Taranaki. Food production is strong in the province and many of our award-winning eateries will be creating seasonal dishes using botanical ingredients for your friends and family.
Garden to Plate with Lynda Hallinan at Mitre 10 will serve up answers to all your gardening questions; you can create botanical jewellery and indulge your indoor plant addiction at Flora and Co.
This year the garden festival is excited to partner with the Taranaki Arts Trail, both festivals opening over the same weekend and presenting a dual programme. The Taranaki Arts Trail is a vibrant and dynamic annual event, you'll enjoy the unique opportunity of being able to meet artists in their studios and workshops, for free!
You can expect a diverse array of cultural and creative work on display, with both nationally and internationally recognised artists throughout the whole Taranaki region! Download your digital festival programme and start planning your festival itinerary, and for further details head to our Festival Information page
Taranaki is the destination this spring, find out about all the things you can see and do while you are here on our Visit Taranaki page, we welcome all of you to our 33rd festival!
Nau mai, haere mai, welcome to Taranaki.
Tetsu Garnett
Taranaki Garden Festival Manager
Our festival programme and map are designed to help you explore our beautiful gardens, art studios and other regional attractions with ease!
You can collect your free Taranaki Garden Festival 2020 programme and map form the Taranaki Garden Festival Hub, located in the courtyard of the White Heart Hotel.
In the meantime, you can read all about our gardens and events in our new digital programme.
Learn how to create inspiring living green spaces within your home. From selecting the perfect plant to suit its growing environment, to mastering the skill of plant design with layers & textures Read More >
A collection of 7 different events and experience to choose from! Will you go on a coach tour of gardens and gin makers? Take an art class, or get up close with fluffy alpacas? Read More >
Feast Festival Taranaki celebrates Taranaki’s fabulous restaurants, cafes, bars, food producers, growers, brewers and distillers. It’s an around the mountain celebration of our amazing culinary and hospitality scene. Read More >
Puketarata Garden lies inside an outer rampart of the historic Puketarata pā site, one of a number in the valley
region. Read More >
Join Dee for a walk and talk around her resilient foodscape. Read More >
Hanging baskets are fun and simple to do if you follow a few basic rules. Read More >
