Gardening in New Zealand

Parnell Rose Gardens during the 2006 Rose Festival.

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

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.[1]

Gardens

Botanical gardens

Arboreta

Events

Gardeners

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.[2]

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

See also

References

  1. NZPA (21 April 2011). "Stores to flout Easter laws". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
  2. Sullivan, J.J.; S.M. Timmins, P.A. Williams (2005). "Movement of exotic plants into coastal native forests from gardens in northern New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Ecology 29 (1): 1–10.

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