We made several trips to the Botanic Gardens this week, and to the new Visitors Centre.
The Visitors Centre
Part of a painting in the Visitors Centre
One of the displays inside
Diorama of a settlers garden
Diorama with vegetable garden
Diorama including a glasshouse and a cherry blossom tree
Diorama of a modern style garden
Microscope, which displays on a monitor
Examples of art inspired by gardens
Some penguins near the cafe, advertising the upcoming IceFest
Pitcher plants and sundews (carnivorous plants), in one of the glass houses
Details of a glasshouse roof
Looking along the glasshouses (blinds come down when it is sunny)
Propagation underway in one of the glass houses
Maples and Hellebores near the Archery Lawn
Daffodils near the Band Rotunda
The Cunningham House is open again – 1st opened in 1923 but had been closed awhile after the quakes.
Looking down the length of the Cunningham House, from upstairs
Bromeliads (upstairs in the Cunningham House)
Inside Foweraker House, which has alpine plants
Inside Foweraker House
Inside Foweraker House
Inside Foweraker House
The Fernery
Inside the Fernery
We found three moa’s lurking in the fern house.
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