On 9/2/08 18:57, in article ,
"Chris Hogg" wrote:

On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:14:46 +0000, Sacha
wrote:

For his birthday present Ray is being given two tickets to NZ (and back!)
from my son and his wife. We'll probably go in January of next year, even
though his birthday is next month.
I've never been there but Ray went to NZ about 15 or so years ago but by now
there must be other, or more highly developed, gardens. Has anyone got any
particular recommendations? We won't be seeing gardens only but obviously,
those will be a major attraction for us! We intend to drive ourselves, as
and where the whim takes us but I want to start planning with the aid of
online maps, some of which show specific driving tours. I want, also, to
get him some books appropriate to the gardens of NZ, so again, any
suggestions will be most welcome.

By chance a year or so ago I picked up a S/H book on NZ gardens (The
New Garden Heritage of New Zealand, Mary Burnard, Phoenix Press, 1990,
ISBN 0 9597712 1 2. Try for it on ABE
http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchEntry )

Here's a list of the ones they describe, with their then owners,
alphabetically by location. You should pass close to a few of them at
least, but they were not all open to the public at the time of going
to press. That may have changed a bit by now.
snip

This is terrific. Thank you very much, Chris - into the file that goes,
too! All this info kind urglers are sending me is invaluable because,
although departure seems a long way off, a lot of planning ahead has to be
done and it's nost just essential but a lot of fun, too!
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
(remove weeds from address)
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'