Inside the roadside fence is an enchanting garden embracing the past and present. The old Magnolia Campbellii and huge-trunked Rhododendron Arboreum Tomentosum are part of Sir Victor Davies’ original plan. Around the house, the old garden has been rejuvenated as a woodland. The new garden leads to a figure-of-eight path around a stream and features ornamental specimens and native plantings.  Beechwoods is named after two ancient native beech trees, uncommon in Taranaki.