Plant lovers and people who simply want to walk around one of New Zealand’s top gardens can come to the two-day Ayrlies Plant Fair on March 17 and 18.
An exciting variety of plants from many of New Zealand’s leading growers will be on sale.
This is a festive community occasion where you can ask a line-up of more than 20 specialist plant growers those green questions you have been saving up and purchase good quality plants, many that are not usually available.
You will find heritage roses, perennials – new and old-fashioned, bromeliads and air plants, colourful sub-tropicals, deciduous and evergreen shrubs and trees, the best native plants, palms, damson plum trees, climbers, orchids, daffodil bulbs, herbs, irises and daylilies.
There is so much treasure, you are certain to find something to squeeze into your own garden however small or large.
Ayrlies, pronounced ‘airlees’, is recognised as one of the world’s significant gardens. Often termed ‘a living work of art’, Ayrlies is 59 years in the making.
Creator Bev McConnell, now 92-years-old, is the archetypal sustainable gardener. She has combined form, colour and often-unexpected plant combinations that delight visitors from around the world.
The garden, held in a charitable trust with the McConnell family the key sponsor, needs to find ways to increase funding so that it is sustainable into the future.
The plant fair is a key event and opportunity for anyone interested in buying plants not usually available, or just having a fun day out in a special south-east Auckland haven.
Entry includes access to enjoy and walk the 4 hectares of internationally acclaimed garden and 16 hectares of wetlands and refresh your wellbeing.
Please have a quick look at the website www.ayrlies.co.nz/home/ and share with your whanau and friends.
What: Ayrlies Plant Fair
Where: 125 Potts Road, Whitford, south Auckland
When: 9am – 3pm, Friday March 17 and Saturday, March 18
How much: Tickets $15, can be purchased online at www.ayrlies.co.nz/visit/payment/ (it is usually $20) or pay cash at the gate and include entry to walk the garden and wetland. Due to health and safety issues, no children under 12 or dogs are permitted. Light refreshments will be available to purchase along with live music.
