Rahere: The journey to a garden

Rahere: The journey to a garden In 2017 we bought Rahere, an 1887 villa in Kiwitea with a once grand garden in need of restoration.

16/04/2026

Dug up the lawn here to prepare the soil for a springtime mini wildflower meadow. I’m slowly, slowly creating more flower beds and less lawn. Which will hopefully mean more bees, good bugs and seed heads for the birds.

Does anyone else enjoy the budding, on the cusp stage of flowering rather than full bloom? Or is it just me? I’m hoping ...
25/10/2025

Does anyone else enjoy the budding, on the cusp stage of flowering rather than full bloom? Or is it just me? I’m hoping that foxglove is a rusty apricot.

My newest little bed in spring. Tulips have flowered and the self-seeding perennials are starting to come through. I’ll ...
22/09/2025

My newest little bed in spring. Tulips have flowered and the self-seeding perennials are starting to come through. I’ll put some more seed down soon just to make sure it is chocka for summer.

My most successful and all time favourite garden bed. It brings me so much joy!!!! I haven’t touched it since I sowed th...
25/01/2025

My most successful and all time favourite garden bed. It brings me so much joy!!!! I haven’t touched it since I sowed the seeds yet there is very little w**d and it just keeps flowering. The best results for the least work. . Yay!!!!

13/12/2024

The round garden Sam and I made during the winter is starting to look good. . .

When I put them all together I have rather a lot of roses! Still a few more to put out their first blooms. I’d say 10 of...
08/11/2024

When I put them all together I have rather a lot of roses! Still a few more to put out their first blooms. I’d say 10 of these are original Rahere roses and the rest are ones I have put in. A few gorgeous gifted ones in there from Greenhaugh Gardens too.

New garden bed in the making. A mirror of a bed Sam and I dug last year on the other side of the house. This one won’t b...
08/09/2024

New garden bed in the making. A mirror of a bed Sam and I dug last year on the other side of the house. This one won’t be a rose bed like the other one, I’ll fill it with perennials in pastel and apricot hues. That’s the plan anyway, I am notorious at biffing in bright colours so we will see if I can have some restraint 😆

17/01/2024

Some blue sky photos of the garden. . .

A few favourite fuschias at Rahere. . .
04/01/2024

A few favourite fuschias at Rahere. . .

The progression of a new flower bed through the seasons!
28/12/2023

The progression of a new flower bed through the seasons!

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