Flowers for Carterton (Taratahi)

Daffodil season

The Carterton Daffodil Festival is held on the second Sunday in September, with the main event at Middle Run on Gladstone Road. Early spring is when the town is at its most golden, so a bunch of daffodils or other spring bulbs suits a September gift. Our seasonal flower calendar shows what else is at its best then.

Through the year, Carterton Farmers' Market has been held in Memorial Square on Sundays since February 2015, and Carrington Park on High Street, with its 1911–12 band rotunda (a Heritage New Zealand Category 2 place), dates from the late 19th century.

Clareville Cemetery: what you can leave

Clareville Cemetery is on Chester Road on the outskirts of Carterton. The council's rules say floral tributes may be placed only on headstone bases, and flowers or shrubs may not be planted in lawn cemeteries. If you plan to leave flowers at a grave, keep them to the headstone base. For a funeral itself, send flowers to the funeral home or the family; our sympathy flower guide explains the customs.

Flowers for rest home residents

Two facilities in town provide aged residential care:

• Carter Court, 95–97 Pembroke Street
• Roseneath Lifecare & Village, 277 High Street South

Include the resident's full name and room, and choose a compact arrangement in its own vase so staff do not have to find one.

Hospital stays in Masterton

We have no hospital listed in Carterton. If the person is at Wairarapa Hospital in Masterton, the hospital has advised that flowers are accepted, with volunteers delivering them to patients; that guidance comes from a page archived in 2023, so check with the ward before sending. For other Wairarapa towns, see Greytown.

Ordering for a Carterton address

Because High Street is split into High Street North and High Street South at Holloway Street, always include North or South in the address. Wairarapa Hospital, the region's public hospital with a 24-hour emergency department, is on Te Ore Ore Road in Masterton, so a Carterton patient may be there rather than in town. Add a phone number to every order.

Places flowers often go in Carterton

Rest homes and care

• Carter Court
• Roseneath Lifecare & Village

Cemeteries

• Clareville Cemetery

Put the recipient’s ward, room or the funeral director’s name on the order so the florist can find them.