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Crafts & Gardens
Welcome to craft & gardens in and
around Whitianga. The Craft and Garden people in our
area are of high calibre, mostly working from their
homes south of Whitianga to Coromandel. Over the winter
months is pays to call before visiting and the Information
Centre will do this for you. Enjoy visiting our special
area, crafts people and gardens.
Whitianga
South
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Alan Rhodes Pottery
RD 1, Whitianga
Phone: 07 866 3841
Fax: 07 866 3815
Mobile: 025 685 7712
Email: AJPotterz@wave.co.nz
Web: www.mercurybay.co.nz/Rhodes.html
Contact: Alan & Julia Rhodes
At Whenukite there's
an interesting pottery - you'll notice the potter
in the paddock working all hours, inviting you
to drive in to Alan Rhodes studio, where there's
a fine array of domestic stoneware, salt and pit-fired
ware. Alan uses local clay and very distinctive
glazes.
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Whitianga
Township
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Beth & Ash Cumings
114 Cook Drive, Whitianga
Ph 07 866 5322
By appointment only
Survivial of the fittest
in a suburban garden with some design features. $3 per head - children (who would rather be somewhere else anyway) are free. Reduction for buses & large groups. No responsibility will be taken for accidents sustained on our property (so tread carefully!).
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The
Bone Studio & Gallery
6B Bryce Street, Whitianga
Phone: (64)7 866-2158
Fax: (64)7 866-2158
Email: TheBoneStudio@Carving.co.NZ
Website: www.carving.co.nz
The Bone Studio &
Gallery offers bone, jade, stone, ebony, sculpture,
gemstone and Maori carving in a unique craft Gallery
with bone carving classes in the Studio. Whalebone
and artefacts on display, too!
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Frans van Hoppe Pottery
Batiks & Paintings
101 Robinson Road, Whitianga
Ph 07 866 5594
Email: fransandtruus@paradise.net.nz
Decorative vases, dishes,
platters, plates, bowls, cups are made for high
quality commercial businesses. Indoor and garden
sculptures wall hangings and paintings. Visitors
welcome.
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Whitestone Sculptures
Paul Bradley
52 Robinson Road, Whitianga
Ph 07 866 2696
Email: yeldarb@ihug.co.nz
Unique handcrafted sculptures,
small pieces to one-ton blocks for display inside
the home or in outdoor settings. Paul brings to
life beautiful eye-pleasing shapes.
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Mosiac
Centrally situated
in Albert Street, Whitianga
(opposite the Information Centre)
Ph/Fax 07 866 5224
We welcome you to enjoy
our unique New Zealand pottery. Woollen products,
souvenirs, woodturning and much more. Paintings
by local artists and an extensive range of Kauri
wood carving by the whittlers. Our adjoining shop
specialises in silk flowers and gifts with a difference.
Open seven days. 9.00am
to 5.00pm
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Bay Carving
The Esplanade, opposite Whitianga Wharf
Ph 07 866 4021 / Freephone: 0800 158 864
Fax: (07) 866 4056
Email: baycarving@xtra.co.nz
Web: www.dreamland.co.nz/baycarving
Carve your own high quality
souvenir with Maurice, the world-renowned bone
carver. We also sell high quality bone and shell
carvings plus much more.
Visitors welcome.
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The Knot Garden
Chris & Brian Bowering
60 Racecourse Road, Whitianga
Ph 07 866 5141
A glorious two-acre garden with
well established large trees, lawns and featured pond.
The varied plantings provide year round colour, particularly
spectacular in the spring. Part of the garden is used
as a wedding venue incorporating a large marquee lawn,
formal lavender garden, rose covered gazebo. The special
"Knot Garden" was planted in 2001 using 750
box-hedging plants as a focal point for daughter Rebecca's
wedding in Nov 2002. Open
Nov - Mar by appointment. $3.00pp entry.
Kuaotunu
(17km North of
Whitianga)
Hand Forged Knives
277 State Highway 25,
RD 1 Kuaotunu
Ph 07 866 2409
Lloyd Franklin
hammers knives to shape form tool steel rod, featuring
handles of native hardwood and brass, semi precious
stone and silver. All types available or will make to
order. The studio - workshop is
to be found approximately 800m on the Whitianga side
of Kuaotunu Village and beach. Open most days.
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Ian Webster's Clay Studio
State Highway 25,
RD 2, Kuaotunu.
Ph 07 866 5344
Unique
and distinctive hand built pottery. Sculptural
pieces, planters, vases and more. Visitors welcome.
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Tapu
- Coroglen
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Rapaura Watergardens
586 Tapu Coroglen Road
Tapu Village, Thames Coast
Fax/Phone: 07 868 4821
Email: rapaura.watergardens@xtra.co.nz
Web:www.rapaurawatergardens.co.nz
Experience the tranquil beauty
of Rapaura Watergardens on The Coromandel Peninsula
New Zealand - Gardens - Bushwalks - Waterfalls
- Art - Accommodation
Open daily including Saturdays, Sundays and Public
Holidays - 9am to 5pm
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Coromandel
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Waitati Gardens
Kate and Graeme
Jacobsen
485 Buffalo Road
Coromandel Town
Ph 07 866 8659 Fax 07
866 8654
Situated opposite the
Stamper Battery
A florists/horticulture
tutors garden. Waitati offers a huge variety of
rare and unusual plants. Shrubs and trees complimented
by a growing range of natives. We enjoy walking
and sharing the gardens with interested bus tours
or garden groups. Now listed as a must see garden
by the Royal Horticultural Society of England.
Open all year 9.00am till dusk. You
are welcome to picnic.
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Taraire Grove Garden
Allan and Loes Beaver
2569 Rings Road (1.5km
north of Coromandel Town)
Ph 07 866 8053
Email: alaoesbv@wave.co.nz
Stroll
amongst history and lovely gardens. A garden for
four seasons, park like grounds of 2.5 acres with
picnic areas, mighty Taraire, Oak, Lakes, Water
Lillies, Bog Plants, Tranquil setting. Enjoy the
sounds of running water and bird songs. Group
bookings welcome. Open 9.00am to dusk. Admission
$5.00 pp
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