This weekend three country gardens and homes at Pongaroa will be open for the first time in three years, complementing the local craft group's exhibition and sale which opens on Friday.
Two of the gardens are on Route 52, while the third is a new garden in the township, recently developed by Heather Monk.
"My garden is small and very new and just two years ago when I arrived here there was only an apple tree," she told the Dannevirke News. "And like all gardeners I've been fighting the wind and frost."
![A corner of Heather Monk's new garden in the Pongaroa village, one of three open with the craft and art exhibition.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/WFWE4LOM6UNS7FLPMXLFS4BKSE.jpg?auth=947b529bbf53be93b2930bafa9f132f2da3684e5fee0d4a6f9ba26f7dd7c09e9&width=16&height=12&quality=70&smart=true)
Heather said she hadn't anticipated the last frost which sent her back to the garden centre for replacement plants to ensure her garden was ready for this weekend's open days.