Spring is coming - let's get busy

On a recent North Island holiday we found a fabulous place for our Spring catalogue photoshoot - a place where the surroundings are as beautiful as our products - they'll be shown off perfectly!
The inspiration for the Spring 2010 range is the good life, keeping it simple and fresh with home gardens, farmers markets, beach house living - those places and things that keep us positive in hard times.

So Black Barn in the gorgeous Hawkes Bay is the perfect fit - vineyards, art gallery, restaurants, accomodation, farmers market, open air cinema - the works!

This is what Kim from Black Barn has to say about the spot we've chosen for our next photoshoot ...
" In the heart of what is now Black Barn vineyard stood a small turn of the century shepherd's cottage. This was restored and extensively renovated and opened its doors as Rush Cottage in 1994 - the same year as the vines were planted around it. It was quickly booked out and was the beginning of a rapidly growing and important part of the Black Barn experience soon to be known as the Black Barn Retreats. These luxurious single party occupancy properties now number 15 with two on the vineyard, one on the ocean, one on Cape Kidnappers golf course and the rest along the spectacular Tuki Tuki river. While diverse in location and layout these properties all strongly reflect the Black Barn style. This style has its roots firmly established in the New Zealand countryside - using elements such as corrugated iron, black stained baton and board and generous use of recycled timber - but in a way that is fresh, modern, clean and contemporary. In other words through both name and look, Black Barn is proudly of New Zealand but interpreted in a way that we would like to think sits comfortably on a world stage. "

So we can't wait to head there this July to create our Spring catalogue.