Toi Toi

In 2019 we purchased Toi Toi, a neighbouring property. Along with the property came a brick house built in the 1950’s surrounded by a rather large garden. On our arrival we removed an assortment of large trees, giving us more light and enabling us to extend the lawn and garden area. A native area was planted, and a path was formed to lead down to the pond to join up with existing pathways.

The North facing house overlooks garden beds mainly featuring roses, rhododendrons, irises, euphorbia, agapanthus along with general plants that tolerate the North Canterbury climate.

Between the garden beds, brick steps aligned with Cyprus trees leads you down over a bridge, to reach the lined cherry trees to a paddock view. Buxus, Teucrium and Escallonia hedges have been used to create the many areas of garden. Some garden beds are bordered with Grey Wacke rocks carted down from the hill. An impressive sight to see is the cluster of silver birch trees with their white trunks, underplanted with white daisies. We enjoy the peace and tranquillity of this garden and enjoy living and working in such a nice environment. We look forward to welcoming and sharing our garden with you.