Leonie’s large country garden typifies everything good Taranaki’s reputation for superb gardens is built on. Her garden of abundance has flourishing rhododendrons, Pieris, maples, a bog area lined with hostas.

Visitors will find a stylish summerhouse, an Oriental area with a red tori gate, native coprosma hedges, contained stone walling, and block plantings of white-trunked birches – and much more. Featuring in the NZ Gardener magazine April 2024 and in the NZ House and Garden magazine January 2025, Leonie’s garden is seldom open to the public. As a private person, Leonie asks that you don’t take photos or videos.