Wellingtons annual cherry blossom festival at Aston Norwood Gardens
Tickets Now Available & Selling Fast
What’s available:
Step under a canopy of pink with 300+ cherry blossom trees at Aston Norwood Gardens. Tickets are issued in session times. Prebook online to not miss out as weekends sell out & cars without prebooked tickets are turned away.
Spend an evening wandering the trails through beautifully lit paths and gardens to see the blossoms in a whole new light!
The Duke Restaurant & Bar, hot chocolate booth, and The Stables Eatery are available for hot food and drinks.
Perfect Blooms Passes
Limited number flexible passes are available this year. Sakura Pass - "Cherry Blossom" for Unlimited visits. Hanami Pass - "Flower Viewing" Your flexible daytime ticket. Yozakura Pass - "Night Sakura" is a flexible After Dark ticket.
The ultimate experience - wake up to a sea of pink. Each chalet sleeps up to 2 people and includes unlimited garden entry during your stay. Chalet’s feature 1 bedroom, lounge, bathroom, balcony.
A luxurious High Tea served in our elegant garden-inspired setting. The ultimate dining experience here at Aston Norwood for Blossom Valley, crafted by The Duke Restaurant.
Cafe
Three Trees Cafe is located at the main building and is open during Blossom Valley, serving delicious coffee and drinks, cabinet food, and cooked menu food. There is an outside kiosk to the right of the cafe serving takeaway coffee.
The Duke Restaurant & Bar
Introducing the brand new Duke Restaurant & Bar to Aston Norwood. Featuring high class dining including delicious starters, mains, and desserts, in the luxuriously renovated interior of Aston Norwoods Gatsby room.
The Stables Eatery
The Stables Eatery will be serving delicious food & drinks, coffee, and real fruit ice cream. It is located at the back entrance car park, on the other side of the gardens. Open Thursday to Sunday evenings for After Dark, and Sat/ Sun during the daytime. It may open on busy weekdays too.
Golf Cart Accessibility days
Our gardens are not wheelchair friendly due to hilly terrain, so we offer complimentary golf cart rides on Tuesday & Thursdays during the event. These need to be booked here.
This traditional afternoon tea features freshly baked scones served warm, with a delicate dusting of pink icing sugar for a touch of whimsy. The scones are accompanied by cream and jam, creating a perfect balance of sweet and creamy flavours.
To the right of the cafe you’ll find the garden centre & nursery, with a wide range of plants for sale, including a limited amount of cherry blossom trees.
Merchandise
This year we have a new merchandise area at The Stables with a range of blossom themed products for sale, as well as a mini garden centre! Lots of awesome gift ideas and things for you to enjoy like hoodies, hats, beanies, coffee cups, umbrellas, honey, soap, candles, keychains, and more.
In 1994, inspired by visits to Japan, owners Mark and Fiona Rammell planted over 350 Sakura Cherry Blossoms and are now seeing their dream burst into life each Spring.
Blossom Valley is an annual spring celebration sure to put the spring in your step as you explore the 14 acres of garden with New Zealand’s highest number and density of mature cherry blossom trees in the one place. For just a short amount of time each year at Aston Norwood Gardens in Kaitoke, Upper Hutt, hundreds of cherry trees come alive creating a canopy of pink blossom.
The event is carefully scheduled around the natural blossoming of the trees, with data from previous years informing the date selection. While the team at Blossom Valley do their best to ensure the ultimate blossom experience the timing of the bloom is up to mother nature.
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Chalet Accommodation
For the ultimate cherry blossom lovers experience, spend a night in our chalet accommodation directly above the gardens.
Note: These have been under renovation so if you book, you will be the first to experience the renovated and redesigned chalets!
We have 5 spacious chalets located above the gardens - these are ideal if you’re driving from out of town and want to wake up to a canopy of pink. Each one has a bedroom, living room with kitchen, bathroom including bath tub, TV, air con. Your stay includes unlimited garden access day and night.
Chalets can be booked via our ticket website, by clicking on your desired date and scrolling down to the accommodation packages.
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