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The Friends of the Wellington Botanic Garden
welcome you to this web site and this fascinating public garden.
 New Zealand's most
historic public botanic garden is located in the heart of Wellington,
the Capital City of New Zealand. It is classified as a Garden of National Significance by the Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture and
is an Historic Places Trust Heritage
Area.
Located within walking distance of
the commercial and shopping heart of the City, it is only a short
distance from the National Museum - Te Papa.
The most spectacular entry is by Cable Car. Leaving from Lambton Quay,
the main shopping street, it terminates at the lookout entry to the
Garden, which provides spectacular views over the city and the harbour.
Return to the city by walking the downhill path back to the city heart,
through the children's play area, Main Garden with its old trees, Duck
Pond, and seasonal plantings, to the Rose Garden and Begonia House.
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"Old
Mr
Wellington"
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Come, enjoy, rest a while, have
a coffee at the cafe and browse the Begonia House shop but, most
important, bring your camera for those memories of this fascinating
garden.
This site aims to provide items
of interest and assistance to all visitors and members of the Friends
of the Wellington Botanic Garden.
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VISITORS
If you wish to see the main areas of the garden and enter via the Cable Car, purchase a one way ticket and then walk back to the city on the Downhill route, visiting all
main areas.
A shuttle bus is often available from the Cable Car to
Rose Garden on days when cruise ships are visiting, but
this does not include important areas of the garden, such as the historic Main Garden and Treehouse Information Centre. It does not traverse through the garden, but along city streets.This option is, however,
recommended for those with limited mobility
From the Rose Garden you can either:
1. Return to
the Cable Car climbing up via Serpentine Way and Rembrance Ridge.
This is a relatively steep walk and can be tiring on hot days, but does include most of the Sculpture Walk
2. Return to the Cable Car using the shuttle bus
3. The recommended option is to continue walking the Downhill Route to
the city, passing through the Bolton Street Memorial Park which
includes a collection of heritage roses, and the historic cemetry.
Details of the Downhill Walk click this link
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FEATURED IMAGES
  
ABOVE:
Not long ago
a small number of kaka were introduced into the Wellington area.
They have been busy doing what parrots do well, with the result numbers
have significantly increased. They are now starting to do what
they do second best - be destuctive. A number of trees have been
significantly damaged as a result of their actions, as the above photos
show. They have damaged trees throughout the Garden and if their
attacks continue, some trees could be killed. They are a
delightful bird, but their presence certainly had a downside.
Photographs are from a number of different areas in the Garden
(Photos James Jones)
Summer is
coming with the fantastic bedding displays in the Main Garden
The
following were part of the 2007-2008 display
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Panoramic
view of city from the Garden entrance at the Cable Car lookout
If you turn left exiting the Cable Car and go to the second lookout in front of the
Skyline Restaurant, you receive the best panoramic view of the city and harbour
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Duck Pond
in Main Garden in autumn
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Web master can be contacted by e-mail
information@friendswbg.org.nz
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Aerial and General
view Garden, Aerial view Wellington city, Australian Garden, Banksia
flower, Ovens Wattle flower, Begonia House, Begonia, B. fuchsioides
Begonia House, Blc (P Hetherington X Coronation), Coelogyne pandurate,
Coelogyne pandurata lip, Cymbidium orchids, Cyclamen, Dendrobium
fragrans, Den. (Honomanu X Lasianthera), Disa uniflora, Disa hybrid
white, Epiphyte wall, Lilly Pond, Lycaste Concentration, Paphiopedilum
hybrid, Phalaenopsis schilleriana, Sobralia macrantha, Thujia
gallonensis, Vanda tricolor var suavis, Vanda tricolor var suavis lip,
Cable Car, Camelia Garden, Camelia Daitrain, Camelia in flower,
Pterostylis alobula, Duck Pond, Light display Duck Pond, Fragrant
Garden, Friends logo, Horse Shoe Bend, Light & Sound Festival,
Autumn Colour Main Garden, Colour Gully Garden, Dark shadows, Duck Pond
to cedars, Fragrant Garden, Foliage Display, Golden Ash, Gully Garden,
Historic statue, Innovation Garden, Joy Fountain, Late winter, Main
Garden, Puriri, Main Garden from gazebo, Main Garden from Gully Garden,
Magnolia campbellii, Magnolia soulaganea, Rhodo Sir Robert Peel, Sound
Shell garden in winter, Swamp Cypress, Treehouse exterior, Twisted elm,
Winter shadows, Winter colour, William Bramley Drive, Winter solitude,
Winter tracery, Wetlands, Mamaku Way, Black Maire, Black Maire in bush,
By West Way, Mamaku Way, Mamakau Way, Sugar Maple, Wetlands, Orchids,
Cymbidium orchids, Earina mucronata, Earina mucronata spike, Epiphyte
wall, Microtis uniflora, , Sobralia macrantha
Thujia gallonensis, Vanda tricolor var suavis, Panoramas, Cork Oak,
Duck Pond autumn, Duck Pond autumn, wide, Duck Pond in Winter, Light
display Duck Pond, Rose Garden, Rose Garden from lookout, Playground,
Removal of old pine, Remembrance Ridge, Manuka Way, Fernery, Peter
Tijsen and guides, Rose Garden, Peace Pool, Peace Pool and waterfall,
Rose Garden from lookout, Rose Buccaneer, Rose Coleraine, Rose Summer
Dream, Rose Claude Monet, Rose Cordula, Rose Matawhereo Magic, Rose
Taupo, Rose Remember Me, Rose Royal Dane, Rose Fellowship, Rose Oranges
and Lemons, Body and Soul, Henry Moore statue, Listening device,
Norwood Sculpture, Peacemaker, Rudderstone, Rudderstone fossils, Sound
Shell,, Light/sound show stage, Sound Shell Garden, Soundshell Lawn,
Glow worm lights, Glow worm lights habitat, Glow worm bank daylight,
Glow worm tour introduction, Glow worm briefing, Glow worm tour, on the
way
Glow worm tour, questions, Peter Tijsen and guides, Succulent tour,
introduction, Succulent tour, inspection, Succulent tour, garden,
Succulent tour, garden talk, Succulent tour garden talk 2, Kate Kidman
and group, Rock Garden, Trees, Autumn leaves, Black Maire, Black Maire
in bush, Cork Oak, Magnolia soulaganea, Passionfruit NZ, Pinus radiata,
Pohutukawa, Swamp Cypress, Swamp Cypress, Treehouse Exterior in autumn,
View Duck Pond, Towards Treehouse, View Main Garden, Tulips, Vireyas,
Vireya Rhododendron, Vireya Solar Flame |
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