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Wellington Botanic Garden. 101 Glenmore Street, Wellington Central, New Zealand. Stunning views, unique landscape, exotic forests, diverse plant collections, colourful floral gardens, walking tracks, Treehouse Visitor Centre, children’s play area, gift shop and café. Free entry.
Visit Wellington Botanic Garden and enjoy 25 hectares of specialised plant collections, colourful botanical displays, unique landscape, protected native forest, and views over Wellington City. View the garden
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Lady Norwood Rose Garden and the Begonia House
A favourite section of many is the Lady Norwood Rose Garden. It blooms bright and colourful in summer featuring 106 formal beds, each containing a different variety. Adjacent to the rose garden is the Begonia house. Indoors to maintain tropical temperatures and climate, plants thrive.
Bolton Street Cemetery has an interesting history. Wellington’s oldest European cemetery is located inside the Wellington Botanic Garden. Although originally a site of Māori burials, it began European burials in 1841. It was a new concept for the colonies to have one shared town cemetery rather than a graveyard at each church. Although mixed, Angli...
There are plenty of other things to see and do at the Wellington Botanic Gardens. In fact, there are 26 hectares to explore and include sections of exotic, rare, native, and colourful flora. 1. If you are looking to walk from the top (Kelburn station) to the bottom (city), follow the mosaic flowers on the paved path. It’s our favourite walking path...
Just beyond the rose garden is the lovely Wellington botanic garden cafe, officially named Picnic Cafe. With both outdoor and indoor eating areas, it’s the perfect spot to relax and enjoy life. Equally important, both the food I have found the coffee to be fabulous. Personally, I prefer to eat outdoors, breathing in the aromatic fresh air and enjoy...
The Botanic Gardens are open from dawn to dusk. The Begonia House hours are 9 am to 5 pm in Summer, with earlier closing in the winter.Entry to the gardens isfree. (It’s one of many Wellington activities with free entry)For more information, see the garden’s official website here.If you love this garden, don’t miss these other beautiful New Zealand gardensAs many of the garden paths run downhill from the Kelburn cable car station to the city, one can start at the top or the bottom. From Lambton Quay, one can go either way. One of the things I like to do when I bring visitors to Wellington is to take the cable to the top (Kelburn station) and walk down to the city through the gardens. Of course, one ...
Sun 1 Dec - Tue 31 Dec. Botanic Garden ki Paekākā. 9am-4pm weekdays. 10am-3pm weekends. Free. View event.
Wellington Botanic Garden ki Paekākā is a botanical garden close to central Wellington in New Zealand. It covers 25 ha (62 acres) of land in a valley between Thorndon and Kelburn , with Glenmore Street as a boundary along the valley floor.
This public botanic garden is the only one in the country that is dedicated to New Zealand native plants. There are over 100 hectares of native forest, five hectares of plants, and some of the city’s oldest trees. Find the park’s 800-year-old rimu for a photo moment.
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At the top of the Wellington Cable Car, and just minutes from the central business district, lies 25 hectares (64 acres) of beauty, peace and tranquillity. Established in 1844, the Wellington Botanic Garden is home to some of the oldest exotic trees in New Zealand.
