Our Founding Gardens

To establish the New Zealand Gardens Trust we wrote to more than 200 gardens seeking support and financial backing. We established a one-off category of garden, "Founding Garden", to recognise those gardens that were instrumental in the formation of New Zealand 's national garden body.

Our Founding Gardens each donated NZ$2000, which enabled us to undertake our first round of garden assessments, to commission a website, and to hold our inaugural seminar. For this the NZGT and gardening fraternity is indebted.

These gardens have shown great foresight and determination in establishing this important industry initiative, and the NZGT intends to ensure that this investment serves best the interest and betterment of New Zealand 's many gardens.

You may click on any of the Founding Gardens below to view their individual listing page. Our Founding Gardens are:

Auckland Domain Wintergarden Auckland Regional Botanic Gardens Ayrlies Christchurch Botanic Garden Dunedin Botanic Garden Efil Doog Glenfalloch Woodland Gardens Gore Public Gardens Government Gardens Hollard Gardens Joy Plants Garden Larnach Castle Garden Otari Wilton's Bush Native Botanic Garden Paloma Gardens Pukeiti

Pukekura Park Queens Park Richmond Speight Garden Tikorangi, The Jury Garden Trelinnoe Trevor Griffiths Rose Garden Trotts Garden Waitangi National Trust Garden Westoe Woodbridge Woodend Garden Woodlands Historic Homestead and Gardens Wrights Water Garden Wylde Willow Garden

Several other gardens made lesser donations which the NZGT gratefully acknowledges. These gardens are:

The Nikaus Garden of Joy Bannerman Park

Butler Point Garden Flora-Vale Gardens Wahi Pai Garden