This year we have a range of options promoting sustainable travel and tours around the region to backyards, as well as farms and builds. Tours need to be booked online as spaces are limited.
Bike-friendly backyards! We’ll compiling a list of Backyards properties that have room to park several bikes and a structure to lock your bike. This won’t guarantee there’s space, but it’s a start! Check back before the Trail to see the list.
$250 per vehicle inc lunch, garden entry
Get friends or family together and tour the region in style driving the latest electric vehicles. Recommended routes yet the freedom to choose. No fuel, just fun!
$225 inc entry, morning tea, lunch & coach
Relax and enjoy an array of hand-picked properties directly with Taranaki’s finest growers and makers. Be inspired, gain tips and enjoy beautiful kai during this informative tour.
$75 inc. coffee, meal, refreshments, entry
Saturday morning! Pedal through a mix of walkways, streets, shortcuts and native bush to arrive at three urban Backyards. Pick up growing tips, a little local history, a few bike skills, and delicious kai and coffee.
$25 ($10 under 12s) includes coach, entry, workshops
Ride and relax as you’re driven around the South Taranaki backyards to enjoy private workshops at an affordable price!
$75 inc. coffee, meal, refreshments, entry
Sunday afternoon! Pedal through a mix of walkways, streets, shortcuts and native bush to arrive at three urban Backyards. Pick up growing tips, a little local history, a few bike skills, and delicious kai and coffee.
$30 inc entry, bus
People with low vision are invited to tour three festival gardens and the full sensory experience of The Medicine Place from the Sustainable Backyards Trail with professional audio describers.
$60 inc. entry, coach
Explore five Festival gardens and The Commune (Sustainable Backyard) as you bus from north to south with other garden enthusiasts.
$10 ($5 under 12s)
Keen to travel to and from Hāwera as a small group to listen and learn at the Parihaka Māra kōrero? If we have enough interest we’ll arrange a low-cost van.
Keen to travel to and from New Plymouth as a small group to visit Blue Petal Botanicals, Mangawara and The Green School New Zealand? If we have enough interest we’ll arrange a low-cost van tour.
$10 ($5 under 12s)
Keen to travel to and from Hāwera as a small group to visit Ballymullin Farm and Ōpunake Tiny Homes? If we have enough interest we’ll arrange a low-cost van.
