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Hackfalls Arboretum - Tiniroto - Gisborne

Hackfall's Arboretum Mascot welcomes you...

Hackfall's mascot welcomes you to come visit...:)
Set beside a beautful lake, one of NZ's best kept secrets...
with the largest private collection of OAK trees in the Southern Hemisphere!

Berry Road, TINIROTO        Ph: Diane Playle 06 863 7083 

Entrance Fee $10 per person (Children are FREE)

Hackfalls Website:   www.hackfalls.org.nz     

Email: hackfalls.station@xtra.co.nz
Hackfalls Arboretum also has this quiet home for rent, simply telephone Diane Playle to make your booking on (06) 863 7083 today!
Scroll down to view further photos from the Arboretum... 
In 1990, Bob Berry the founder of Hackfall's Arboretum married Lady Anne Palmer, an English horticulturalist who had established Rosemoor Garden in Devon, England.  
Lady Anne's expertise has proved invaluable at Hackfalls as she extended the existing homestead garden and introduced a variety of new plants.

<<< CLICK on the photos for further history and information!
 

This beautiful 2 bedroom unit is available should you wish to stay and enjoy the tranquility, for tarrif and arrangements telephone Diane Playle: (06) 863 7083
 
 
 
 
Relax on the balcony verandah with your lunch and enjoy the tranquility and view.
Quiet and peaceful, with only New Zealand's beautiful native birds for company.
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beautiful Hackfalls Arboretum complete with lake views - set on Berry Road, TINIROTO... 61 Kms from Gisborne city.

Hackfalls Arboretum is within Hackfalls Station - these Suffolk sheep are part of the natural rural beauty to be seen when you visit the arboretum... 

Visit Hackfalls Arboretum and see a wide range of trees and shrubs in a hill setting enhanced by natural lakes.

Spring flowers and autumn leaf colours. Many different alders, berries, birches, magnolias, maples, oaks, rhododendrons and others.

Outstanding is a large collection of evergreen and semi evergreen Mexican Oak species.

The moderate size homstead garden has many unusual herbaceous and apline plants including New Zealand natives.

Entrance to Hackfalls via Berry Road 4km from the Tiniroto Tavern (61 km from Gisborne and 44km from Wairoa)