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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.
The Botanic Garden is Free to enter, and is accessible either by cable car from Lambton Quay, or on foot from Glenmore Street, Salamanca Road and Upland Road. 25 hectares of beautiful gardens, forest, plants, and interesting sculptures.
Wellington Botanic Garden. 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. One of the access points is from the top of the Wellington Cable Car.
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 ...
Oct 5, 2023 · Wellington Botanic Garden. ★★★★★. One of the oldest botanic gardens in New Zealand, this central city garden was established in 1868. The major conifer species which are a feature were planted then as part of a programme to import plant species and assess their economic potential to the new colony.
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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.
