It is not often you find a garden that has spanned four generations and is still going strong.
Cross Hill Gardens and Nursery in the Manawatu was once virgin bush. In the late 1880’s the bush was cleared and turned into pasture. It was farmed for 60 years before Eric Wilson, the founder of the garden bought the land in 1938. Eric and his wife Merle have since passed away, but not before making a significant mark on the property. Today their son Rodney and wife Faith, grandson Scott and wife Angela and their young family now manage the 240-hectare property.
The sheep and cattle farm take up 218 hectares and the remaining eleven hectares are the Cross Hill Garden and Nursery.