Hundreds of people attended Friday evening's opening, which included a walk around the 1.5km exhibition trail with the 26 artists and a dinner.
Celebration activities continued all weekend with live music, artists' talks and vineyard tours.
Christchurch Art Gallery curator Felicity Millburn opened the exhibition and described it as a "lively mix of established artists and new faces".
The trail provided a workout for eyes, minds and legs and allowed the public to explore the sculptures at their own pace, she said.
The exhibition has been curated by Gallery Thirty Three co-owner Peter Gregg and he has selected 35 pieces exploring the relationship of people with the environment.
One of the first pieces encountered by the public inside the vineyard is Call Security, by Waiheke Island artist Richard Wedekind.
Wedekind said the "two guys standing on a hill talking" appeared tiny but were not insubstantial as the viewer got closer.
He and Mr Gregg enjoyed playing with the figures and deciding how they would be placed in the vineyard.
"I want people to come up and touch them and speculate about what they are looking at ... And who hasn't seen two security guards talking like that to each other ... I sort of like it as a neighbourhood watch type thing," Wedekind said.
Other exhibitors include Invercargill artist Russell Beck, who drew a large crowd to his galvanised mild steel sculpture Autumn Perception.
Wellington artist Rose Petterson managed to squeeze almost everybody into her transparent chapel, Cathedra Domine, which she constructed from steel rod and tube.
The exhibition remains open to the public until May.
