Mathstone

04/10/2026

How our BnB guests are currently being greeted 🐮

• Bed and Breakfast • Accomodation • Central Otago • Cromwell • Cherry Orchard • Molly the Jersey Cow • Family Friendly •

04/10/2026

It’s an absolutely stunning time of year here in Cromwell, especially on the cherry orchard 🥹

28/09/2026

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We can’t wait for you all to meet Molly!

13/09/2026

And so it begins…

The cherry buds are just about ready to burst, which means the orchard is officially waking up!

It might not look like much yet, but this little bud is the beginning of our summer cherries!! 🌸🍒🥳

07/09/2026

🍒 What would you like to see this season?? 🍒

More activities for kids?
Mums and bubs sessions?
Pensioners sessions?!
Preservers meet up and picks??

Give me your ideas so I can make them happen!

Sam x

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18/02/2026

A wee update on some of the mahi we have put in lately to meet the conditions of our subdivision consent, and prep the house section for sale! 🙌🏼

- Linden spent this past weekend building the back boundary fence (as seen in the videos attached). “Best Valentine’s Day ever” he said 💐

- We have taken down the front paddock, levelled out the goat tracks made by several years of George and Dobby use, and are now re-grassing the area 🌱

- We have taken out most of the orchard netting, wires and poles not only for aesthetics but to make space for digger works that will be happening over the next while.

- We have started decluttering the house and washing the walls in preparation for Kerri The Lady Painter to come in and do some touch ups 👩🏼‍🎨

And over the next few weeks we have:
- the new entrance way off Pearson Road going in
- the new boundary fence around the 4000sqm house section being built (yay, more fencing)
- the new front fences being built (feel free to come join us for that one, bring a level 🤪)
And a heap of native planting to be planted down by the boundary fence!

Lots ticked off, but plenty more to go!

That’s our update for now 🫶🏼

Sam x

24/01/2026

We are still getting Mathstone cherry creations dropping into our dm’s 🙌🏼

This came from Claire S, who froze most of their haul but kept some out to make a cherry cake AND bottle some in a sugar and brandy syrup 🤤🍒

19/01/2026

We are loving hearing about all of the cherry flavoured making and baking happening in your kitchens lately!

Here is a picture from cherry lover Carl of his kids processing their pickings to make into cherry juice 🍒🧃

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If you’d care to share, we would love to see your cherry making/bakings photos or hear about what you’ve been making!!

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18/01/2026

When cherry season leaves evidence 🍒😂

Friendly reminder to wipe your face before work tomorrow 👀

18/01/2026

🍒 OFFICIALLY CLOSED 🍒

We are now officially closed for the 25/26 cherry season, and before we disappear to carry on with life as usual, we just want to say a HUGE thank you! 🙏🏼

To our local community: friends, neighbours, families, familiar faces and first-timers… thank you for showing up, supporting local, filling buckets, bringing dogs, kids, smiles, and good vibes to help us strip the trees 🤌🏼

This season has been full of unexpected chats at the gate and in the orchard (to be fair is doesn’t take much to keep Sam yapping), and a lot of grateful humans coming back for seconds, thirds and fourths! So many picking to hand out to their community, family and friends (11/10 choice team, that’s what it’s all about!), and many taking home to experiment with in the kitchen 🥳

Your support means more to us than you know, and we feel incredibly grateful to have hosted, and shared this space with such a wonderful bunch of people.

We’ll be back before you know it 🍒
Until then… he waka eke noa. We are all in this together.
Look after yourselves, each other and your community 🫶🏼

Sam, Linden & The Mathstone Menagerie
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