Villa Candotti

30/05/2026

Loving the fabulous weather this Autumn and trees etc are still hanging onto their leaves with winter only 2 days away

30/05/2026

30/05/2026

It's been a while since we posted as have had a lot going on and as we come to the end of Autumn I thought I'd share a few pictures of our garden showcasing some lovely autumnal colors

17/04/2026

Im wanting to keep fit and at the same time raise some money to help in the fight against heart disease and would appreciate your support as we pave the road in walking next month at least 3 marathons

I'm conquering MyMarathon to help fund life-saving heart research.

12/04/2026

Well we have come to the end of our season and what a beautiful event to finish with the wedding celebration of Jess and Michael
It was a stunning warm sunny day and now we enter our busy off season with several projects to keep us busy

08/04/2026

The first three images of our Italian Cypress Treed avenue were taken 3 years ago and very lush looking so obviously rain was not lacking and the final photo shows just how dry everything in the garden is right now- certainly need some steady rain over a few days to help the garden and start to fill our water tanks

02/04/2026

The full moon tonight is amazing after a beautiful Autumnal day
Wishing everyone a wonderful and safe Easter weekend

20/03/2026

Summer has been a bit of a fizzer not just here but in lots of places around New Zealand and now that we're into Autumn the weather has improved and actually we can do with rain as it's very dry... however loving the early fall of leaves in our driveway and early blushes of color popping up around our garden

19/03/2026

We recently opened our garden to the public and one visitor who also follows us on this page took some lovely photos and wrote up a short article that has just been published in the NZPF floral news & Inspirations magazine and we're also featured in the March issue of Kia Ora Magazine so everyone flying Air New Zealand this month will see an article on things to do whilst visiting the Manawatu region that includes our garden venue

17/03/2026

We have been extremely busy the past few weeks with family visiting from Australia and around New Zealand that I haven't been on Facebook for quite a while which is certainly unusual for me
Had about 20 family members staying with us making for fun and chaos at the same time
It's hard to believe that it is two weeks today since we celebrated Jeanette's 60th birthday and our 40th wedding anniversary and so I have attached a few pictures of us both as well as our adult family
We are certainly blessed to have some beautiful places to photograph ourselves in front of