Broadoak in Bloom Garden Tour

Name: Broadoak in Bloom Garden Tour
Start: 2026-11-29T13:00:00+1300
End: 2026-11-29T15:30:00+1300
Location: Broadoak Gardens

Sun, 29 Nov, 10am - 12:30pm NZDT

Broadoak Gardens

Ohoka, New Zealand

Friends Of The Chapel Nurses' Memorial Chapel Trust

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The Friends of the Nurses Memorial Chapel, in partnership with Broadoak Gardens, are hosting “Broadoak in Bloom”

Experience the magic of spring at Broadoak Gardens with breathtaking displays of Wisteria, Cherry Blossoms, Peonies, Tulips and more, in full bloom.

$35.00pp – this includes a delicious Devonshire Tea in the Ole English Pub “The Bike and Bovine”, overlooking the garden.

Please note that limited parking is available onsite, alternately parking is available at the Ohoka school opposite Broadoak.

Tickets for good, not greed Humanitix dedicates 100% of profits from booking fees to charity

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Friends Of The Chapel Nurses' Memorial Chapel Trust

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The chapel is believed to be the only chapel in the world built as a memorial to nurses who died in WW1 or the 1918 Influenza Epidemic. It remembers all 10 New Zealand nurses who died when the Marquette was torpedoed on 23 October 1915, survivors of the sinking, and the legacy of our pioneering and wartime nurses. It was also New Zealand’s first public hospital chapel, with space originally provided for patients in beds and wheelchairs.

A small museum highlights many of the stories associated with the chapel and includes images of nurses it commemorates.

Flanked by colourful roses and medicinal herbs, the chapel sits in its own beautifully maintained reserve. It is a popular lunchtime retreat for hospital staff.

Christchurch City Council formally took over ownership of the chapel and its site from the Canterbury District Health Board after a land exchange in 2014. The unique memorial is administered by the Nurses’ Memorial Chapel Trust while the Friends of the Nurses’ Memorial Chapel look after its day-to-day care.

Twice threatened with demolition in the 1970s and 1989, the chapel is protected by a Heritage Order in the Christchurch District Plan where it is described as “highly significant”.

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Sun, 29 Nov, 10am - 12:30pm NZDT

Broadoak Gardens

Ohoka, New Zealand

Hosted by Friends Of The Chapel Nurses' Memorial Chapel Trust