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29/10/2026

“…it looks like something is nesting in there…” 🤣

29/10/2026

Hey bud!

First come the leaves… tentative, delicate at first, lime fresh and resplendent… then the promise of something wonderful to come, the buds, tightly wrapped petals that begin to loosen just a little each day, the colours deepen, hints of beauty emerge from within. It’s a glorious time of year…the garden seems to hum in anticipation, as if taking a slow and contented breath before bursting into a celebration of colour, fragrance and life.

Come and join the party. Stablehouse Nursery, open to the public, that’s you, every Thursday from 10ish until we have to pick the kids up at 3. And if that doesn’t suit just give Sarah a bell on 021511223 and you can make another time & day.

Stablehouse Nursery, first driveway on your left after turning onto Morris Rd, just a minute or three outside Masterton. Don’t forget, we are the plant detectives – if you can’t find it, we’ll find it for you.

13/10/2026

Two gardens. Too good to miss.

On Labour Day the gates are opening on two gardens recognized by the New Zealand Gardens Trust as ‘gardens of national significance’.

They are both in the Wairarapa, both five minutes from Masterton, both on Morris Road. At number 21 is the Red Sheds Garden, a precocious pocket of brilliance designed by Lyn Eglinton, the doyen of garden design who for over four decades has been creating sublime and much-admired garden spaces throughout New Zealand.

Down the driveway at number 39 you will fall under the spell of Stablehouse Garden, also originally designed by Lyn Eglinton but now on a journey of enhancement under the creative stewardship of her daughter, Sarah Delmonte. Stablehouse is structural planting at its finest. There are elegant allées of pleached limes, clouds of buxus, a phalanx of marching pin oaks, towering walls of beech hedging…this is a compositional garden artfully designed to be revelled in during all four seasons. And for one day only they are both open to the public.

Come and wander your way through the paths, aisles and garden ‘rooms’. There is no more relaxing way to spend the day. Both Sarah and Lyn will be there, a cup of tea as well, possibly even a pikelet.

Entrance to each garden is $20, kids are free, so is the dog. Eftpos is available at Stablehouse, cash only at the Red Sheds, Lyn and technology are not friends. Gates are open at 10am before closing again at 3pm.

30/09/2026

This election message is authorized by Stablehouse Nursery.

Only six weeks to go before you crouch behind the cardboard voting booth and have your say about which plants will rule your garden this summer.

Perhaps it’s easier to first decide what plants won’t be appearing on the Stablehouse hustings – these include anything resembling a hanging basket or flax. A notable exception? The Titoki. As long as you avoid planting techniques employed by Council contracters. Oh dear.

That leaves us with a caucus of magnificent frontrunners to choose from like Ms Annabelle-Hydrangea, Sir Graeme Blandy, Dame Maggie Nolia, Ms Michelia Gracipes and the increasingly popular Ms Hellie Bore. Come and meet the candidates along with a host of other stella candidates and Garden Party Manager, Sarah. So much talent to choose from, so much to learn. So many trees, shrubs, peonies, hydrangeas, buxus, citrus, grasses…

Stablehouse Nursery, first driveway on your left after turning onto Morris Road, Te Ore Ore, Masterton. 10am – 3pm, on Thursdays. It that doesn’t work, just give Sarah a bell on 021 511223.

29/09/2026

…that Stablehouse has accommodation, aptly called The Garden Shed? No? It’s rather beautiful and ridiculously relaxing. If you would like more details just message us.

22/09/2026

Sharing the love with New Zealand Gardens Trust...

22/09/2026

Keep calm and plant more flowers.

Vibrant signs of summer coming, delicate textures, some dainty others unabashed floosies, a disco of colour, a bed of mood enhancing sirens…hydrangeas, peonies, hellebores, roses, magnolias, iris, dahlias…get ready, get planting, get yourself to Stablehouse Nursery. Open every Thursday at 21a Morris Road, Te Ore Ore, Masterton, the first driveway on your left after turning onto Morris.
Come wander and chat flowers, trees, shrubs, hedges, citrus, grasses, ivies…with Sarah from 10-3ish.

18/09/2026

Sun’s aflame, heading north to 20°C… but it’s snowing!

16/09/2026

Monday’s gardener is fair of face, Tuesday’s gardener is full of grace, Wednesday’s gardener is full of woe, Thursday’s gardener knows where to go…

Stablehouse Nursery. Open every Thursday 10-3ish - the first driveway on your left after turning onto Morris Rd in
Te Ore Ore, Masterton. A wondrous world of wonderful trees, shrubs, perennials, grasses, hydrangeas, citrus, ivies, buxus, hedge plants and gardening chat aplenty. Stablehouse Nursery, if we haven’t got it – we’ll find it. See you Thursday, or next Thursday, or the Thursday after that…

10/09/2026

Pyrus, the blushing bride.

Landscape design and nursery

Address

39 Morris Road, Te Ore Ore
Masterton
5886

Telephone

+6421511223

Website

http://www.stablehousedesign.co.nz/

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