Okuti Garden

Okuti Garden is a garden retreat in the Okuti Valley near Little River, where workshops run alongside weddings. Guests can stay on the property in four yurts, a tipi and a house truck, which together sleep up to 15 people, and one or two tents of your own can be added.

The grounds include a Garden Kitchen surrounded by pick-your-own herbs, a 6m by 12m marquee, an art room and a garden banquet table. Living structures, gazebos and tree circles make the garden both productive and pretty.

Weddings are welcome, though the venue is not suited to loud, late-night parties. Rated 4.9 from 38 Google reviews, 36 of them five stars.

Someone is on hand to introduce guests to the workshops and help with projects, and the set-up is flexible, so different features can be used in different ways.