Stylish, eco friendly, award winning.

The Jester House cafe serves up a slice of paradise with your lunch.

Jester House Café

The Boot is part of the Jester House Estate, a 2.6 hectare wonderland established in 1991. The other main attraction is the Jester House café. Rebuilt in 2006 as shining example of eco-building, the café specializes in serving great food made from the abundant fresh and organic produce of the Nelson region. Great beers from the Mussel Inn and wines from Neudorf and Blackenbrook are also available.

Both the house and the café are designed as sustainable eco-buildings using timber beams and earth from the property creating a distinctive modern medieval style.

Tame Eels

The Aporo stream is the natural habitat of the New Zealand short finned eel (tuna)

The tame eels come every day to be hand feed. This is your chance to get close to these amazing native magafauna.

The Garden

The gardens have been planned and planted using permaculture design principles incorporating a huge variety of useful trees and edible fruiting plants. The garden has been organic since its beginning. Biodynamic care is now also applied.