Olde Millhouse

Over the last few months we have been giving the car parking area a facelift

We  have extended the parking area changed some of the garden, and sneaked in  seven new standard roses.  We have done away with the gravel and laid asphalt  to make a nice smooth surface.

My grandsons would have loved it while the diggers etc were here as they are all mad on diggers.

Front Verandah

BBQ Area

King Room Patio

Guests Socialising

Rose Garden

Hi, well its coming up to that time of year again.  Oh so quickly the time has gone, but if you are wanting to come to Marlborough for our annual Hunters ‘ Garden Marlborough, whether it be for the workshops, garden tours or wind up fete, you will need to book your accommodation soon. As tickets are now on sale

Here at Olde Mill House we still have availability for anyone wanting  a little bit of luxury at a reasonable price along with relaxation in a peaceful garden setting.    I am adding a few pics of areas in my garden where you can relax and enjoy the setting.

Well we are almost into August.  Things have been a little quiet over the last couple of months,but this has enabled us to do a bit of Spring Cleaning and refurbishing  of the Heritage room ensuite by giving it a fresh coat of paint, changing the colour to a nice warm grey, so  we hope that you will like the change if you get to stay in this room.  

We have again been busy  in the cottage garden doing our annual pruning and adding an extension to one garden and making another smaller to accommodate extra parking area.  We are now waiting for the tradespeople to come and reseal the parking area for us.   We have narrowed the  garden by the garage and changed it into another rose garden.  I love my roses.  There will be four new Double Delight standard roses in this garden and  three Blackberry Nip standards in front of the new parking area.  We have also added a row of paeony roses up the side of the cottage garden.  Unfortunately no photos yet to show this as they are still underground.

Lets hope that they all flower this spring/summer and we should get an amazing display.

After a pretty busy season Robert and I decided to take a few days off and go away. Our ten year old grandsons were visiting Christchurch from Auckland so we decided to drive down there and pick them up and take them to Akaroa on Banks Peninsula with us. We spent four lovely days there. The weather was amazing, the boys had one swim and  decided that it was a bit cold and I, after much deliberating, decided to go swimming with the Hector Dolphins. This was amazing although there weren’t a lot of them. We took the city boys to a  working farm where they rounded up sheep in stock pens and through gates separating them. It was so much fun. We are now back home and ready to tackle any new guests who come along, not literally though, the break has certainly revived us and we are waiting to greet you all.

Well what a day.  Actually, it all started on Christmas Eve, when I went along to  Church for the Mid-night service.  This actually started at 10.30 and as several of my guests wished to attend a Christmas service they came with me, which was really nice.  We didn’t get home until just after 12.30am and it was an early rise for myself, 7am,  as we had a special treat for Christmas breakfast.

Breakfast was served in the outdoor area.  What more could we ask for.  A  beautiful morning, the sun was shining and not a breath of wind.  Breakfast started with the usual continental fare but also included strawberries and cherries.  This was followed by home-made waffles with bacon , grilled bananas and Maple syrup.  Yum yum.  I do hope that all who partook enjoyed themselves.  Unfortunately my family and   the  grandchildren were unable to be here with us today.  They all live in Auckland. 

After breakfast, a planned trip to my elderly parents, where I prepared a Chistmas lunch and shared it with them, my husband Robert,  one of my sisters and her partner and adult son.    About three it was time to head back to our home and await the arrival of  more guests.  I decided that I would take a brief nap and woke 2-1/2 hours later.  Felt really guilty, but hey its Christmas – right!

We do hope that you all have had a lovely Christmas Day and that you have happy and safe holidays.  For those of you coming to stay, we look forward to meeting with you soon,