Tupare turns on charm for Labour Weekend

19 October 2009

Spring has brought colour and vigour to one of New Plymouth's premier heritage properties - and this holiday weekend will bring food and music to add to its charms.

Tupare, the stately house and landscaped gardens nestled alongside the Waiwhakaiho River at the top of Mangorei Road, is hosting the Taranaki Farmers Market on Saturday (24 October) from 9am to noon.

The quartet Six by Four will play Latin and classical music, and there'll also be tours of the Chapman-Taylor house. Tupare staff will give away heirloom pumpkin seed to children wanting to enter the "Not the Biggest Pumpkin Competition" which will culminate in May 2010 with a grand pumpkin festival at Hollard Gardens, Kaponga.

Both Tupare and Hollard Gardens are owned and administered by the Taranaki Regional Council on behalf of the people of the region. The holiday market day is part of an extensive programme of free public events at both properties - see www.tupare.info and www.holllardgardens.info for more information.

Both properties are open daily from 9am to 8pm. Entry is free.

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