A healthy but stylish start to the New Year is in store at Tupare, one of New Plymouth's premier heritage gardens.
Tupare will host the Taranaki Farmers Market on Saturday 2 January, with plenty of fresh produce on offer to help offset any New Year excesses that market-goers may have indulged in.
Market stalls will sell seasonal vegetables, with offerings likely to include tomatoes, peppers, zucchinis and courgettes, fresh spuds, blueberries, passionfruit, plums, nashi pears and garlic. There'll also be nuts, jams, honey, dips, chutneys and sauces, meat, seedlings and lavender products.
Live music and the stunningly landscaped grounds will provide food for the soul, and there'll be free tours of the property's distinctive Chapman-Taylor house.
Tupare and its sister property, Hollard Gardens in Kaponga, are owned and managed by the Taranaki Regional Council on behalf of the people of the region. Both are open from 9am to 8pm daily over summer. Entry is free.
For more information, see www.tupare.info and www.hollardgardens.info.