Open Day and Annual Plant Sale

Join us on Sunday 13 October from 10am - 4pm to celebrate our official re-opening.

As well as the opportunity to see the refreshed interior of the house (entry by donation), we’ll be holding our annual Plant Sale and offering cake in the afternoon to celebrate the 131st anniversary of Mansfield’s birth. More details below.

We look forward to welcoming you!

Programme for The Day
10am - 4pm: House open, entry by donation. Our staff and volunteers will be here throughout the day to welcome you and answer any questions.

From 10am: Annual plant sale. The plants are propagated from our heritage garden by our fabulous team of garden volunteers and potted up ready for you to take away. Cash preferred but Eftpos available. We strongly encourage you to bring your own bag or carton to take your plants away in. With big thanks to Daltons for their generous ongoing support.

2pm: Cake to celebrate the 131st anniversary of Katherine Mansfield’s birth in the house on 14 October 1888. Courtesy of the awesome team at Thorndon New World Bakery.

How Do I Get There?
If you’re using public transport, the #14 bus (Stop 4415, Park Street at Burnell Ave) and the #24 bus (Stop 5490, Thorndon Quay opposite Tinakori Road) stop a short walk from the house.

We're a 15-minute walk from the Wellington Railway Station/Lambton Quay.

There is two hours free on-street parking on Tinakori Road and Hobson Street. Look for the blue 'Coupon Parking' signs.

Access to the house is by steps and there is an internal staircase. If you have accessibility requirements or any other questions, please contact us on info@katherinemansfield.com.

What's been happening?
After 30 years of being open to the public, Katherine Mansfield House & Garden has been closed over the past five months for some much-needed TLC, including new roofing, repairs to the exterior and a new coat of paint, and insulation and ventilation improvements.

Inside, the old favourites remain (such as the beautiful wallpaper reproduced from scraps found in the house during its 1980s restoration) and we have worked with Dr William Cottrell, an expert in the furniture and interiors of the colonial period in Aotearoa New Zealand, to source some incredible pieces of furniture from the late 19th-century and explore the styles that would have appealed to a fashionable colonial family climbing the social ladder.