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Founders Residents
Contact Founders Heritage Park
General enquiries
Phone 03 548 2649
Map of Founders Heritage Park attractions
View a map of the attractions at Founders Heritage Park (JPEG image opens in new window) (128KB JPG).
Curator
Office hours: Thursday –Friday 9-5pm
Email the Founders Heritage Park curator
Bookings
Office hours: Monday – Friday 9-12pm
Email Founders Heritage Park bookings
Facility Manager
Office hours: Monday – Friday 9-5pm
Arts and Crafts
Exciting arts and crafts made on-site are available at our reception area, The Windmill, Founders Store, open 7 days 10am-4.30pm.
A variety of tenants operate from Founders Park; their opening hours are independent to the parks opening hours.
Founders Café and Brewery
Founders Brewery is the home of premium, organic, hand-crafted beers brewed on location. Taste the award-winning Tall Blonde, Long Black, Red Head, Generation Ale and seasonal beers. Brewery tours and beer tastings available.
Founders café offers a menu that features local and organic food in a family-friendly setting.
Opening hours
Open daily, all year – Winter 10am – 4.30pm
Summer Holiday Season 10am – 6pm
Friday Nights open to dusk
Contacts Founders Café and Brewery
John & Carol Duncan
+64 3 548 4638
Also available for all your catering needs; go to Founders Café website menu page.
The Nelson Railway Society
Enjoy the experience of a railway that has all the old flavour of the old Nelson to Glenhope line.
The Nelson Railway Society, formerly the Grand Tapawera Railroad Co, began in the late 1980s with monthly meetings at the Wakefield Hotel. It was intended to set up a working railway at Kohatu using the old existing railway formations, but in 1991 the decision was made to move to Founders Heritage Park, Nelson.
Hours of operation
Running daily through January and on Sundays during Summer 12pm -4pm.
Make a booking
For train bookings call
Valerie Knight
+64 3 547 6409
www.nelsonrailwaysociety.co.nz
L’Artisan Bakery
L’Artisan create handmade breads and pastries true to the European artisan baker’s tradition using fresh, local ingredients. Their secret is unhurried fermentation for better flavour and texture. You’ll also find L’Artisan at Nelson’s Saturday Market and in Nelson supermarkets.
Contact L'Artisan Bakery
Charles & Donna Ryan
+64 3 539 0009
Roger Davies Furniture
Roger Davies has been designing and building fine furniture for over 25 years. During that time he has worked on boats, art furniture for exhibitions, and custom made pieces for homes and offices. Decade Furniture is made at the Siding Workshop in Founders Park. You can see the range of Decade Furniture on our website at www.decade.co.nz.
Hours of operation
Monday to Friday 10am – 4.30pm
Contact Roger Davies Furniture
Roger Davies Trading as Decade Timeless Furniture
+64 3 546 8888
Tasman Forge
Tasman Forge was founded by UK designer and furniture maker Tim Bleackley. Established in the early 1990s as Art In Iron, Tim started the company in Athens, Greece, where he worked for many years with architects and interior designers creating custom-made work for their clients. Since arriving in New Zealand, the company has built a reputation for producing work defined by fine craftsmanship and attention to detail, specialising in balustrades, bespoke furniture and grand steel entrance doors, as well as producing a range of curtain rods and door handles that are available through leading interior design outlets and door hardware retailers.
Tasman Forge products are also available overseas, for more information and a list of stockists please visit www.tasmanforge.com
Hours of operation
Available via appointment.
Contact Tasman Forge
Tim Bleackley
+64 3 548 2778
Mantis Workshop
Mantis workshop creates beautiful and practical pots, gates and art objects. John and Jo work from both home and Founders Heritage Park. Life has now allowed them time to be creative, and their main requisite is to have fun doing it. You can also find their work at the Nelson Saturday Market.
Hours of operation
Available via appointment
Contact Mantis Workshop
John Sharples
+64 3 548 6526
Nelson Cooperage
Nelson Cooperage offers a full coopering service:
Stave and head repairs, Hoop tightening, leakers and weepers fixed, reconditions, sterilisation and just about any size and shape (as long as its round) of cask, vat or bucket! Jürgen offers a range of barrel maintenance, on site repairs and a regular inspection service to insure you get the most life out of your barrel.
Nelson Cooperage is believed to be the only remaining commercial Cooperage in New Zealand.
Hours of operation
Available via appointment
Contact Nelson Cooperage
Jürgen Voigtländer
+64 3 539 4599
Carol Priest Natural Cosmetics NZ Ltd
Manufactures and distributors of traditional herbal skin care, which is natural and increasingly organic. Demand from overseas has seen a shift in focus towards exporting, particularly to Pacific rim countries.
Hours of operation
Available via appointment.
Contact Carol Priest Cosmetics
+64 3 548 1146
Vintage Car Club of NZ (Inc)
As part of a national organisation with over 7,900 members and 13,000 vintage, veteran and classic cars and motorcycles listed on the club's database the Vintage Car Club of New Zealand offers something for everyone.
Our members and those of the Nelson Branch share a common appreciation for the fascination of age, the individuality, and the functional elegance of vehicles from a by-gone era.
We are dedicated to the preservation and enjoyment of vehicles from 30 years ago and older. The Branch has a current membership of around 250 people.
Meetings and events are held monthly, with the details usually on our website.
Our clubrooms are the Old Time Garage at Founders Park.
Hours of operation
Available via appointment
John Miller (secretary)
+64 3 544 7904
Nelson Santa Parade Trust
The Santa Parade Trust organises the Parade every year for the people of Nelson.
This event is run mainly by Volunteers who enjoy all the fun and festivity the Parade has to offer. There are floats and entries from all situations from Family groups Community groups and Businesses.
On the First weekend of December the Parade kicks off from the Trafalgar steeps at 1pm, the start of the parade has clowns and giveaways as well as Lollies and fun things happening. This is followed by a Carnival that runs until 5pm at Founders for a great day of family magic!
Contact the Nelson Santa Parade Trust
Graham Shirley
+64 3 545 2626
Nelson Musical Theatre
Theatre for Hire with kitchen and bar facilities, costumes for hire.
Hours of operation
Available via appointment
Contact Nelson Musical Theatre
Ross Benbow
+64 3 545 6100
