Kippilaw House

26/12/2025

A walk up the garden paths of Kippilaw house. Flowers aplenty. A peaceful happy place.

25/12/2025

Merry Christmas New Zealand

26/11/2025

Fresh flowers for the bedrooms .

Breakfast pastries , the second course options at breakfast time at Kippilaw House

26/11/2025

26/11/2025

One of the main dishes on last nights chefs table menu.
Slowly braised Lamb Shanks on chive and parsley mashed potatoes.

29/10/2024

Love this time of the year when everything’s ready to flower, grow etc . Bill in the back ground .

Down the front entrance path is rather green and crowded with carpet roses that grow through the cherry trees.

My Parisian buddying rose a stand out but unfortunately only flowers once.

29/10/2024

The garden after all this rain is bursting yo bloom and show off.

17/10/2024

Some of the dinner options at Kippilaw house chefs table menu.
1/2 avocado stuffed with garlic prawn meat, smoked Akaroa salmon my own micro greens.
Loin of hogget on potato mash drizzled with Balsamic mint sauce .
Lots of fresh steamed seasonal vegetables. Spinach, broccoli, cauliflower, asparagus and carrots.
Raisin , orange mini loaf finished with home made caramel sauce and cream.
Austrian/German guests and English folk.

07/10/2024

Fresh beautiful local strawberry’s from Golden Mile produce.

How exciting 6 months of these beauties for guests to enjoy.

12/02/2024

Great tip for robust basil.

"This is my basil and herb garden. I want to share a tip with everyone. I am feeding them with banana peel water. Take 2 banana peels and soak overnight in a gallon of water. Water your plants with the banana peel water. It's full of potassium and more. You can use it on veggies, flowers, herbs. Does not need to be refrigerated. I keep a jug going all the time and keep adding water as I use it up. I also throw in peels as I eat them. The peels turn brown and you can discard them after you've added more peels. It's a great organic fertilizer. This is good on veggies, herbs, flowers and tomatoes. I am using it on my green pepper too. My spearmint plant is huge as well and so is my dill is waist high. I have tons of green cherry tomatoes and beautiful green peppers.