Glow worm tour at the Botanic Garden
Upcoming walks in 2013
Reflecting on time
11am, Sunday 16 June
This year the winter solstice is on June 21. Visit the Botanic Garden sundials and enjoy poems about time on this moderate, 75-minute solstice walk. Meet at the Cable Car entrance.
Cost: $4
The Rose Garden and its amazing story
11am, Monday 24 June
The Lady Norwood Rose Garden was not always the beautiful garden that it is today. Meet in the Begonia House foyer for this 60-minute stroll. If it’s wet the talk will take place in the Begonia House.
The Lady Norwood Rose Garden was not always the beautiful garden that it is today. Meet in the Begonia House foyer for this 60-minute stroll. If it’s wet the talk will take place in the Begonia House.
Cost: $4.
Meet the curator
Rose pruning
1pm & 2pm, Sunday 23 June
If your roses are running wild, this is your once-a-year chance to learn how to prune them:
- 1pm: Modern roses - meet at the fountain in the Lady Norwood Rose Garden
- 2pm: Heritage roses - meet at the Seddon Memorial in Bolton Street Memorial Park
If it rains, the pruning demonstrations will be held in the Begonis House. Free.
Tecomanthe speciosa, a threatened species
Threatened species
11am, Sunday 30 June
Pinus radiata is the backbone of New Zealand's timber industry and yet it is a threatened species in its native California. The Botanic Garden's curator of trees will reveal old and new threats to some of the exotic and native plant species. Meet at the Founders' Entrance (main gates), Glenmore Street. Free.
Meet the curator at Otari-Wilton's Bush
Celebrating Matariki: traditional Māori kai plants
For more information on this event on 16 June, see:
Otari-Wilton's Bush - Events Calendar