Trinity Farm Rose Festival
The 2016 festival will be on
Sat 26 - Sun 27 November 2016
This is what we did last year......
Sat 5 - Sun 6 December 2015, 10 till 4 each day
For a great day out, visit Trinity Farm on Sat 5 or Sun 6 December from 10am - 4pm.
We are hosting our second Rose Festival, celebrating all things roses. This event is partly a fund raiser for the Wellington branch of the Heritage Rose Society. Entry is $5 payable at the gate. Children 16 and under are free. Eftpos is available.
Visit the Rose Festival and see, smell, touch and taste all things roses. The 3 acre garden featuring one of the largest collections of heritage roses in New Zealand will be at its peak. Some of the fascinating histories of selected roses will be on display in the garden. Rose plants will be available for purchase.
Rosarian and author, Ann Chapman, will be giving tours of the garden based on roses and the people they were named for that feature in her books. Karen Piercy will be giving rose care demonstrations throughout the weekend and guided tours based on rose families and their uses.
The timetable for each day is:
10.30-11.30 - Rose Care talk and demo by Karen Piercy
11.30-12.30 - Guided tour by Ann Chapman based on roses that feature in her rose books
12.30-13.30 - Making posies from roses and flowers from the garden with Di Jennings
13.30-14.30 - Guided tour/talk by Karen Piercy based on rose families and what you can do with them
15.30-16.30 - Guided tour by Ann Chapman based on roses that feature in her rose books
We are hosting our second Rose Festival, celebrating all things roses. This event is partly a fund raiser for the Wellington branch of the Heritage Rose Society. Entry is $5 payable at the gate. Children 16 and under are free. Eftpos is available.
Visit the Rose Festival and see, smell, touch and taste all things roses. The 3 acre garden featuring one of the largest collections of heritage roses in New Zealand will be at its peak. Some of the fascinating histories of selected roses will be on display in the garden. Rose plants will be available for purchase.
Rosarian and author, Ann Chapman, will be giving tours of the garden based on roses and the people they were named for that feature in her books. Karen Piercy will be giving rose care demonstrations throughout the weekend and guided tours based on rose families and their uses.
The timetable for each day is:
10.30-11.30 - Rose Care talk and demo by Karen Piercy
11.30-12.30 - Guided tour by Ann Chapman based on roses that feature in her rose books
12.30-13.30 - Making posies from roses and flowers from the garden with Di Jennings
13.30-14.30 - Guided tour/talk by Karen Piercy based on rose families and what you can do with them
15.30-16.30 - Guided tour by Ann Chapman based on roses that feature in her rose books
At the rose festival:
- learn how to care for your roses by watching our rose care demonstrations and learn more about roses, their history, the people they were name for and what you can do with them by attending our guided tours around the garden.
- Refreshments will be available - some with a rose theme such as rose shortbread, and rose tea.
There will be stalls celebrating all things roses:
- Crafty fabric creations featuring roses
- Ceramic roses, flowers, birds and butterflies (some on stakes for the garden)
- Rose ceramic jewellery
- knitted and crochet rose items
- Rose books
- Rose paper products including cards, notebooks, wrapping paper
- Rose Water
and
- Heritage Rose Chocolate...
..Yes, that's right... Trinity Farm is very excited to announce it will also be selling its very special
Heritage Rose Chocolate developed with the Wellington Chocolate Factory. Trinity Farm's crystallised heritage rose petals infused with rose water, nestle on shards of luxury chocolate. This high quality 70% chocolate has been carefully crafted using beans from Peru and Fair Trade organic sugar. It is an experience to be enjoyed one piece at a time - savoured as a very special treat each day. A Trinity Farm heritage experience.
The barn will also feature rose paintings by Natalie Parker.
- learn how to care for your roses by watching our rose care demonstrations and learn more about roses, their history, the people they were name for and what you can do with them by attending our guided tours around the garden.
- Refreshments will be available - some with a rose theme such as rose shortbread, and rose tea.
There will be stalls celebrating all things roses:
- Crafty fabric creations featuring roses
- Ceramic roses, flowers, birds and butterflies (some on stakes for the garden)
- Rose ceramic jewellery
- knitted and crochet rose items
- Rose books
- Rose paper products including cards, notebooks, wrapping paper
- Rose Water
and
- Heritage Rose Chocolate...
..Yes, that's right... Trinity Farm is very excited to announce it will also be selling its very special
Heritage Rose Chocolate developed with the Wellington Chocolate Factory. Trinity Farm's crystallised heritage rose petals infused with rose water, nestle on shards of luxury chocolate. This high quality 70% chocolate has been carefully crafted using beans from Peru and Fair Trade organic sugar. It is an experience to be enjoyed one piece at a time - savoured as a very special treat each day. A Trinity Farm heritage experience.
The barn will also feature rose paintings by Natalie Parker.
