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Gardening in New Zealand

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Gardening in New Zealand

Gardening is a popular pastime in New Zealand and a range of books, magazines and television programmes are dedicated to the topic.

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New Zealand has restrictions on trading during the Easter holiday break, and in recent years garden supply centres have flouted the law and remained open.

Gardens

  • Ayrlies Garden
  • Caccia Birch House
  • Dunedin Chinese Garden
  • Government Gardens
  • Ohinetahi
  • Parnell Rose Gardens
  • Pukeiti Rhododendron Trust

    • Botanical gardens

  • Auckland Botanic Gardens
  • Bason Botanic Gardens
  • Christchurch Botanic Gardens
  • Dunedin Botanic Gardens
  • Gisborne Botanical Gardens
  • Hamilton Gardens
  • Otari-Wilton's Bush
  • Wellington Botanic Garden

    • Arboreta

  • Eastwoodhill Arboretum
  • Hackfalls Arboretum

    • Events

  • Ellerslie Flower Show
  • Auckland Flower Show

    • Gardeners

  • Albert Asher
  • Maggie Barry presented a television show and writes a gardening column
  • Bob Berry
  • Lady Anne Berry
  • William Douglas Cook
  • Eion Scarrow
  • Emily Stevens

    • Environmental issues

    With the European settlement of New Zealand, which occurred in relatively recent times from an ecological perspective, a wide range of plants were introduced into the country for both agriculture and for gardens. Many of the plants went on to become invasive species.

    Some notable examples of invasive plants that are used in gardens include:

  • Agapanthus (Agapanthus praecox)
  • Blue morning glory (Ipomoea indica)
  • Old man's beard (Clematis vitalba)

    • References

    Gardening in New Zealand Wikipedia
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