Wellington Botanic Garden

New Zealand - Wellington

Garden Information

Institution Code: WELTN

BGCI Member: Yes

Wellington Botanic Garden - Main Garden, Stonebridge Gully

About the Wellington Botanic Garden

Exceptional blend of native bush, exotic trees, plant collections and stunning seasonal floral bedding displays – including 25,000 tulips in spring. Check out the award-winning Lady Norwood Rose Garden, the Begonia House conservatory tropical and temperate areas, succulent, fragrant and herb gardens, duck pond, historic conifer collection, sculpture walk, Peace Flame garden and a heritage rose collection in the adjacent Bolton Street Memorial Park. Set in a landscape of steep topography, views of the city and garden are exquisite. The Treehouse Visitor Centre offers garden information and exhibits, and a gift shop and Picnic café are located in the Begonia House. Otari Wilton's Bush is New Zealand's only native botanic garden and consists of 75ha of indigenous forest and 25ha of landscaped areas containing native threatened species

Main Address:
Wellington Botanic Garden
Wellington City Council
P.O. Box 2199
Wellington
6012 New Zealand

Telephone: 64 4 499 1400
Fax: 64 4 499 1903
URL: www.wellington.govt.nz
Primary Email: treehouse@wcc.govt.nz

Staff Details

Director's Name: David Sole
Curator's Name: Karin van der Walt
Plant Records Officer's Name: Eleanor Burton
Total Staff:
Horticultural Staff Number: 19
Educational Staff Number:
Research Staff Number:
Administration Staff Number: 6

About the Garden

Institution Type: Botanic Garden
Status
Status: Private: No
Status: State: No
Status: Educational: Yes
Status: Municipal: Yes
Status: Satellite: Yes
Status: Trust: No
Date founded: 1868
Physical Data
Natural Vegetation Area: Yes
Natural vegetation area: Size: 100 Hectares
Landscaped Area: Yes
Landscaped Area: Size: 30 Hectares
Total Area: 130 Hectares
Latitude: -41.28316
Longitude: 174.76745
Altitude: 0.00 Metres
Additional Locations
Satellite Garden Names: Truby King Park. This park, once the house and garden of Sir Truby and Lady Isabella King, Plunket Society co-founders, is a 1.9 hectare heritage-listed estate. Designed by prominent local architect Gray Young, the 1923 house has New Zealand Historic Places Trust and Wellington City Council heritage listings. The house and garden were originally known as ‘Mount Melrose’. The remainder of the estate, including the former Karitane Products Society factory and Karitane Hospital, is now owned privately. Truby King was an avid gardener in later life, planting many pines, rhododendrons, azaleas and roses, and building elaborate brickwork structures
Locality: Information
Locality: Garden Name:
Local Address: 101 Glenmore Street
Locality: City:
Locality: State:

Features and Facilities

Herbarium: No
Arboretum: Yes
Micropropagation/ Tissue Culture Facilities: No
Seed Bank: No
Published Plant Catalogue: No
Computer Plant Record System: Yes
Open to public: Yes
Friends society: Yes
Retail Outlet: Shop: Yes
Retail Outlet: Plant Sales: No
Disabled access: Yes
Number of Visitors: 1500000

Plant Collections

Special Collections:Herbs, camellias, modern and heritage roses, conifers, begonias, cacti and succulents, ferns, perennials, grasses, native streamside, woodland gardens, red garden, floral bedding, native and exotic trees and NZ forest areas.
Invasive Species Monitoring: Yes
Invasive Species Policy: Yes
ABS Policy: Yes
Plant Collection Policy: Yes

Conservation Programmes

Conservation Programme: Yes
Medicinal Plant Programme: No
Ex Situ Conservation Programme: Yes
Reintroduction Programme: No

Research Programmes

Plant Breeding: Yes
Ecology: Yes
Ecosystem Conservation: No
Invasive Species Biology and Control: Yes
Seed/Spore Biology: Yes
Urban Environments: Yes

Education Programmes

Visitor/Education Centre: Yes
Education Signs in Garden: Yes
Public Lectures/Talks: Yes
Guided Tours: Yes
Permanent Public Displays: Yes
Special Exhibitions: Yes

Member's Area

PlantSearch

ThreatSearch

GlobalTreeSearch

GardenSearch

Sign up to Cultivate