Skydiving... (a slight aside)

We recently went to Nelson, at the top of New Zealand's south island, to visit my mother. My mother owns a stone art studio in Nelson, and works as a stone carver and artist. While we were there we did a skydive from 15,000 feet. It was amazing...

The Blank Canvas...

This is a shot facing east over one aspect of the land. As you can see, it a flat pasture, with plenty of well established trees on its boundaries. Here is a little video clip of the land.

Google Earth Pictures of Land

As you can see, the satellite just missed out going over the land. We will update the photos after the next fly over.

Inaugural Post

Welcome to the first post for the Willowbrook Park blog.

As of February 2009, Willowbrook Park became a wholly owned subsidiary of Lord Cowell Holdings Ltd. Willowbrook Park is 30 acres of meadow situated 5 Km from the centre of Hamilton, New Zealand. Over the coming years this land will be developed into a boutique luxury country hotel, set in parkland in the style of the English Landscape gardens of the 18th century, the focus being a Georgian styled country house.

The park will also be a source of organic goods and gifts (e.g. jams, chutneys, relishes, herbs, perfumes, candles and lotions) and a small tree nursery. This wide variety of exclusive items will be sold under the Willowbrook Park brand.

This blog will chronicle the progress and development of the park, house and brand, as well as the exploits of your hosts. It will also showcase and link to a wide range of talent from other blogs about Home, Gardening, Architecture, Decoration and Lifestyle. Please return regularly to see what we have been up to.

Your Hosts,
Peter and David Lord Cowell.


NB: The name 'Willowbrook Park', the Willowbrook Park crown logo, and other associated icons are all registered trademarks of Lord Cowell Holdings Ltd.