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Dunedin Botanic Garden

DunedinSeptember 22

Botanic Garden project nearing end

As work nears completion on a $6 million redevelopment of the Dunedin Botanic Garden propagation buildings and glasshouses, attention is turning to shifting thousands of rare plants and seeds.
Botanic Garden project nearing end
Botanic Garden project nearing end
DunedinJanuary 15

Botanic Garden beefs up security

A rotating digital camera taking photos at regular intervals will be set up in the central part of the Dunedin Botanic Garden this week as an interim security measure until closed-circuit television can be installed.
Botanic Garden beefs up security
Botanic Garden beefs up security
DunedinDecember 15

The worm has turned up

A giant glowing worm has appeared above ground at the Dunedin Botanic Garden.
DunedinDecember 10

Sculpture here for Christmas

The Dunedin Botanic Garden's worm is getting a wriggle on and should soon be here, Dunedin City Council staff say.
Sculpture here for Christmas
Sculpture here for Christmas
DunedinOctober 25

An 'exceptional' Botanic Gardens Congress

A major international conference held in Dunedin over the past week drew to a close yesterday amid plaudits for the city and its people.
An 'exceptional' Botanic Gardens Congress
An 'exceptional' Botanic Gardens Congress
DunedinOctober 21

Gala day celebrates garden's 150 years

Spring was in the air at the Dunedin Botanic Garden yesterday.
DunedinOctober 20

329 gather for garden congress

Hundreds of botanic garden enthusiasts from 45 countries have arrived in Dunedin for the Fifth Global Botanic Gardens Congress.
DunedinOctober 20

Dunedin to join network

The Dunedin Botanic Garden seems likely to become part of a new project aimed at setting up a global network of tree and plant health ''sentinels'', garden curator Alan Matchett said New Zealand AgResearch scientists have been approached to join the International Plant Sentinel Network, an international monitoring network which enables warnings of plant pests and diseases to be shared.
DunedinOctober 6

Lister Garden extension going well

An extension to the Dunedin Botanic Garden's Clive Lister Garden is well under way, and a hole has been left for a most controversial worm.
DunedinOctober 2

$6 million work starts in upper garden

The Dunedin Botanic Garden is growing.
$6 million work starts in upper garden
$6 million work starts in upper garden
DunedinAugust 30

Gardens congress boost for economy

Nearly $2 million is expected to be injected mostly into the Otago economy by delegates from as far afield as China, Lithuania and Russia attending the fifth Global Botanic Gardens Congress in Dunedin in October.
EntertainmentJuly 31

Gallery's collection set to blossom

Flowers will bloom at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery on Saturday as one city institution pays tribute to another.
DunedinJune 30

Botanic Garden marks 150th

The Dunedin Botanic Garden celebrates its 150th birthday today.
Botanic Garden marks 150th
Botanic Garden marks 150th
The MixJune 29

Putting down some roots

As Dunedin Botanic Garden celebrates 150 years, Clare Fraser remembers one of its more colourful early occasions.
DunedinMay 20

More sculpture ideas sought

Proposals will be sought from local Dunedin artists for a sculpture to celebrate the Dunedin Botanic Garden's 150th birthday.
Home & GardenApril 4

Showing trees to their best advantage

At Dunedin Botanic Garden the arboretum covers just over 2ha. But what exactly is an arboretum?
Showing trees to their best advantage
Showing trees to their best advantage
DunedinMarch 31

Botanic Garden van gets spruce-up

A lifetime of learned discipline is being temporarily reversed by Dunedin's George Street Normal School pupils, who are using a commercial vehicle as their painting canvas.
Botanic Garden van gets spruce-up
Botanic Garden van gets spruce-up
DunedinFebruary 20

Botanic Garden plans new propagation area

The Dunedin City Council is seeking consent to build new nursery facilities to replace the ageing glasshouses and propagation areas of the Dunedin Botanic Garden.
DunedinJanuary 27

The Chills play to a hot crowd in the garden

It could well have been a sellout crowd for the Chills' concert in Dunedin yesterday - had tickets been on sale. As it was, entry to the concert at the Dunedin Botanic Garden was free.
The Chills play to a hot crowd in the garden
The Chills play to a hot crowd in the garden
Home & GardenJanuary 24

Tours to show off the botanic garden

Tours of the lower Dunedin Botanic Garden will begin next month in an initiative by the Friends of Dunedin Botanic Garden. Committee member Annette Riley says the tours are a pilot and the Friends hope to extend the tours next year to include the upper garden. Ms Riley says the idea is to extend the experience of the garden for both local and overseas visitors.
DunedinNovember 2

Audience abuzz for final talk

The final HortTalk of the year at the Dunedin Botanic Garden Centre yesterday had a sting in its tail.
DunedinSeptember 6

Cherry blossom time at Botanic Garden

Andrew Dodds (left), a first-year amenities horticulture apprentice, hoes around flower beds as garden curator Doug Thomson and Botanic Garden information officer Clare Fraser head down the picturesque cherry walk at the Dunedin Botanic Garden yesterday.
DunedinAugust 31

Bench returned to garden

An $1100 park bench that went walkabout in the Dunedin student area has been returned.
Bench returned to garden
Bench returned to garden
DunedinJuly 4

Much planned for botanic garden's 150th

It might be winter, but the Dunedin Botanic Garden will be in full bloom as it celebrates its 150th anniversary in June next year.
Much planned for botanic garden's 150th
Much planned for botanic garden's 150th
DunedinOctober 31

Lebanese migration marked

Members of Dunedin's Lebanese community now have a permanent place in the sun, following the unveiling of the Cedars of Lebanon Grove at the Dunedin Botanic Garden.
Lebanese migration marked
Lebanese migration marked