Taranaki Regional Council media release
27 March 2009
For immediate release

Hollard Gardens And Tupare Invite Eaters For Easter

A tasty Easter is in store for Taranaki with food-related free events at two of the region’s premier heritage properties. They are:

• Taranaki Farmers Market making its first outing to Tupare in Mangorei Road, New Plymouth, on Easter Saturday (11 April).
• A workshop focusing on edible ornamental plants, to be held at Hollard Gardens, Kaponga, on Easter Sunday (12 April).

The events are being organised by the Taranaki Regional Council, which owns and administers both properties on behalf of the people of the region.

“Hosting the Taranaki Farmers Market at Tupare on Easter Saturday gives people an opportunity to enjoy local produce and craft in a unique and beautiful setting,” says the Council’s Regional Gardens Manager, Greg Rine. “There’ll be a mobility shuttle from the gates to the market stalls on the tennis court, and the Friends of Tupare will run free tours of the Tupare house.

“It will be the last chance to look through the house until next spring, as our regular programme of weekend house tours ends on 31 March and will resume on 1 October.”

The event will run from 9am to noon.

Those with a taste for fresh produce won’t want to miss the Hollard Gardens Easter Sunday workshop, which will run from 3pm to 6pm.

“We’ll be highlighting ornamental plants that have other surprising uses,” says Mr Rine. “In fact, we’ll be eating and drinking plants from the garden.”

Workshop participants are invited to bring produce from their own garden for a shared tea, which will also feature dishes prepared from plants at Hollard Gardens.

The workshop will end with an opportunity to look for glow-worms as darkness falls, and as at previous Hollard Gardens workshops, participants are also invited to bring seed and other plant material to share.

Both Easter events are part of a year-long programme at Hollard Gardens and Tupare. For more information, see www.hollardgardens.info and www.tupare.info.

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