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
- 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
Events
Gardeners
- Albert Asher
- Maggie Barry presented a television show and writes a gardening column
- Bob Berry
- Lady Anne Berry
- William Douglas Cook
- Eion Scarrow is a well-known rose breeder
- 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.[2]
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)
See also
References
- ↑ NZPA (21 April 2011). "Stores to flout Easter laws". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
- ↑ 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.
Further reading
- Dawson, Bee (2010). A History of Gardening in New Zealand. Random House New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-86962-156-8.
External links
- New Zealand Gardens Trust
- Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture
- New Zealand Alpine Garden Society
- Garden Design Society of New Zealand
- "Garden plants invading our bush" at the Department of Conservation