1. Tupare Gardens By Jordan,Josh and Ari 2. Russell and Mary
Matthews bought the property at 487 Mangorei Road in 1931 prior to
their marriage. Also James Chapman Taylor did the interior of the
house which is the special features that makes the house look cool.
Russell and Mary Matthews were familiar with the work of James
Chapman-Taylor through the house. He had designed and built (work
began in 1930) for C A Wilkinson,mp for Egmont(member of
parliament),.Also it took 12 years to build the house. 3. The
Gardener's Cottage is where the gardeners live so they can look
after the gardens each day when the Matthews go out. While the
house was being built the Matthews had no where else to go so they
lived in the gardeners cottage for 4 years.Some of the time they
lived in the lounge in the house. 4. The Greenhouse has kept all
the plants from native to rare. Plants are kept safe to grow a bit
bigger until they are released to the world.Its one of the main
features of Tupare Gardens.There have been over 2000 plants stored
there over the years that Tupare has existed . 5. The Pond of
history is really just a normal pond. the matthews used to swim in
it and play in it. It was on the tv in the gardeners cottage.Now it
has Goldfish in it.Its got rocks from the river on the side of the
pond. 6. The River flat is a real flat area. It is an area to play
and get some fresh air and its right next to a River. And there is
a pathway from the river flat to the house.early in 1900 was a
flood which flooded the area there in the river flat.Huge 2 metre
boulders came down the river really fast . 7. The river is a place
where the matthews got the rocks to make concrete to finish the
house off and where they got the mine (which is next to the
river).Also they used to clean the horses and have a swim sometimes
when it is hot.In the river there are a number of fish species like
eels/trout and loads more.
