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Located at the top of Wellington's famous Cable Car, the city's lovely gardens contain over 26ha of exotic and native plants, a begonia house, seasonal floral displays, a sculpture walk and native bush. The highlight is the award-winning Lady Norwood Rose Garden, with some 300 different types of roses bursting into bloom over the summer. Other gardens showcase ferns, rhododendrons, fuchsias, herbs and camellias. Several paths lead back down to the city, winding through native forest, pohutukawa trees and flower beds. Also, you'll find the Bolton Street Memorial Park, near Lady Norwood Rose Garden, where many of the city's pioneers are buried. Near the Kelburn terminus is the Carter Observatory and Planetarium - NZ's national astronomy centre. Visit their website @ www.carterobs.ac.nz for more information. Gardens open daily. Free Walkway brochures are available from the Wellington Visitor Information Centre (101 Wakefield Street, Civic Square, Wellington). • Treehouse (the Education & Environment Centre) 9am-4pm Mondays to Fridays 10am-4pm Saturdays & Sundays (September to April) 11am-3pm Saturdays & Sundays (May to August) • The Begonia House Open daily, except Christmas Day. Free entry. • Carter Observatory & Planetarium November - February 10am-5pm Sundays to Tuesdays 10am till late Wednesdays to Saturdays March - October 11am-4pm Mondays to Thursdays 11am till late Fridays & Saturdays Tip...one way to tour the Botanic Garden... catch the cable car up to the Garden, then wander down through the specialist gardens, native bush & lawn areas to historical Thorndon, NZ's oldest suburb. Leave a Comment Phone: (04) 499 1400Directions: West of city centre. You can catch the cable car from Lambton Quay.Website: www.wbg.co.nz Other Contact: treehouse@wcc.govt.nz
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I am a big fan of Rose Gardens because roses are such rewarding plants, flowering throughout most of the year, from early spring until early winter, and you can walk around and admire the huge array of colours and smell the ever-changing scents. And watch young sparrows bathing in dirt under the plants ;-) This garden in Wellington's Botanic Garden, opened in 1953, is named after Lady Norwood, the wife of former Mayor Sir Charles Norwood. It is made up of 106 formal beds, each containing a different cultivar. Outside those beds you find collections of patio roses, David Austin roses and a trial area for new cultivars. If I had to rate the rose gardens I know in New Zealand, however, I would rate Christchurch as number one, due to its magic location. The rose garden there is surrounded by high hedges, and you have access through arches, covered in climbing roses. So it has the feeling of a secret garden, isolated from the outside world. Here in Wellington there is a carpark nearby, and you see the cars moving. Not that it is noisy – just a little minus for the not so perfect atmosphere. Photo 2 is a nearly aerial view of the rose garden, taken from a higher section of the Botanic Garden. Phone: (04) 499 1400Directions: Centennial Entrance, from the city centre towards Karori on Bowen St/Tinakori Rd/Glenmore St.Website: http://friendswbg.org.nz/downhill9.htm
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