Ideas, tips, and recommendations for your stay in Marlborough

When we took over St Leonards Vineyard Cottages in 2024 we planned to put in a series of gravel paths, so guests didn’t get their feet wet or dirty while walking around the grounds. However, from talking to guests and observing their delight in getting back to nature, we realised that touching the earth and foliage and grass and myriad of other mucky aspects of our small farm were all part of the experience – and something to be celebrated and enhanced, not ‘fixed’. It’s turn

1.        Feed (and pet) the animals We have a number of pet animals on our small farm at St Leonards and there is a jar of animal treats in each cottage, ready for guests to feed them. Sheep: Top of the favourites for guests are our flock of enormous, friendly sheep. Led by the matriarch coffee-coloured Nelly who has the deepest baa you’ve ever heard, who is joined by her sons: the biggest black sheep Buster and all-white Colin. White woolly sisters Lucy and Lily with black