Seed exchange growing global connections
Each year, many botanic gardens around the world exchange small packets of seed.
Garden Life
Prickly beast deserves care
Prickly beast deserves care
The holly hedge, Ilex aquifolium, is one of the oldest and longest plantings in the lower botanic garden. An impressive 120m in length, it marks the northern boundary of the garden.
Big aloe finds a new home
Big aloe finds a new home
What do you do when a child has a growth spurt and their trousers start to look like shorts? You buy a bigger pair.
Dahlias take turns as stars of the show
Dahlias take turns as stars of the show
So many colours and fragrances can be found along the Mexican border at the Dunedin Botanic Garden, where each week seems to bring a new scent or a fresh burst of colour.
'Mini mountain' a challenge
'Mini mountain' a challenge
It's been four years since the Dunedin Botanic Garden developed the “mini mountain” in the upper garden.
Bobbing gem adds drama to landscape
Bobbing gem adds drama to landscape
Kinetic and colourful, Dierama stops visitors in their tracks at Dunedin's Botanic Garden.
African daisies much like a well-loved resurfacing outfit
African daisies much like a well-loved resurfacing outfit
Cascading plants that flower on the Dunedin Botanic rock garden are like an outfit you buy on the spur of the moment, wear to one event, and then put back in your overflowing wardrobe.
One prickly customer
One prickly customer
In the late 1990s we received seed from a United Kingdom botanic garden through the international seed exchange of this interesting bromeliad.
Nature’s ornaments in time for Christmas
Nature’s ornaments in time for Christmas
We are very lucky in the southern hemisphere to have an ‘upside-down’ Christmas - it is the beginning of summer, and we revel in being outdoors with family and friends.
Roses offer wide versatility for your garden
Roses offer wide versatility for your garden
Roses offer you a lot of options in how they can fit into your garden situation.
Flowering pea family
Flowering pea family
Pop quiz! What do kōwhai, peanut and kākā beak all have in common?
Vibrant display of flower spikes
Vibrant display of flower spikes
If this plant reminds you of a giant asparagus, you’re not wrong.
‘Sophisticated’ plant makes a point
‘Sophisticated’ plant makes a point
If you could give a plant personality then Trillium chloropetalum would be sophisticated.
Rhododendron Day to continue tradition
Rhododendron Day to continue tradition
Rhododendron Day is Dunedin Botanic Garden’s longest-running annual event, held each October when the rhododendrons are at their most spectacular.
Lively lorikeets bring colour and character
Lively lorikeets bring colour and character
Bright, energetic, and endlessly inquisitive, the yellow-bibbed lorikeets are a delight for staff and visitors to Dunedin's Botanic Garden.
Winter far from downtime at botanic garden
Winter far from downtime at botanic garden
People often assume that winter is a quiet time for staff at the Dunedin Botanic Garden, with not much to do. But there's plenty.
A novel institution
A novel institution
The Dunedin Botanic Garden tea kiosk is a rare New Zealand example of novelty architecture, also called programmatic or mimetic architecture.
Making the cut for colourful growth
Making the cut for colourful growth
There's been a lot of pruning at Dunedin's Botanic Garden recently.
‘Plants of utility’ still making presence felt
‘Plants of utility’ still making presence felt
In the late 1860s - when still under the management of the Otago provincial government, it was decided to move the Dunedin Botanic Garden because of severe flooding of its old site.
Apprentices lighten rose pruning load
Apprentices lighten rose pruning load
It’s rose pruning time again and with over 700 modern roses to prune it can be quite a daunting job.