Otari Native Botanic Garden Wellington

Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, is extremely savvy when it comes to the preservation of the greenery surrounding the city. The Wellington City Council has made dedicated efforts and set up several parks and gardens in Wellington, so that the various flora and fauna of the country, which are slowly moving towards extinction, can be saved and preserved. In Wellington one will find several magnificent parks and wonderfully cultivated gardens including rose gardens, begonia houses, memorial parks which house a superb collection of native and exotic flora. One of the most frequently visited parks in Wellington is the Otari Native Botanic Garden, Wellington.

The Otari Native Botanic Garden, Wellington, is the sole public botanic garden in New Zealand that exclusively caters to native plants. The Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture has named it a Garden of National Significance and it lives up to that name. This distinctive plant sanctuary and forest reserve has over 100 hectares of woods, and more than 5 hectares of plant and shrub collections.

There a number of walkways in the Otari Native Botanic Garden, Wellington, with almost 11 kilometers of walking track.

Some of the tracks that one can traverse here are –

  -  Nature Trail
  -  Kaiwharawhara Track
  -  Blue Trail
  -  Yellow Trail
  -  Red Trail
  -  Circular Walk
  -  Wilton Walkway
  -  Canopy Walkway

The Otari Native Botanic Garden, Wellington, is a place that will also give the bird-lover great delight, what with it being almost a haven for such native birds like the tui, kereru, silver eye, king-fisher, grey warbler, bell birds and morepork.

There are some other features of the Otari Native Botanic Garden, Wellington, for instance, it has two main picnic areas - the North picnic area near Wilton's Bush Road, and the idyllic Troup Picnic Area on the Circular Walk. Apart from that, there is the Carved Gateway or Waharoa, which depicts unity and partnership, and serves as a welcome to the visitors of the reserve.

The Otari Native Botanic Garden, Wellington, is open daily between sunrise and sunset everyday. The information centre is open from 9.00am - 4.00pm daily. If you are a green-lover, this garden will give you great satisfaction. So, for your trip to Wellington, earmark the Otari Native Botanic Garden, Wellington as a must see attraction on your itinerary.

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