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Nature Park Management in Napier

This online course will give you the tools you need to start a career in the management of Parks, Reserves, Zoos, National Parks, and the like.
Nature park management course

What you'll learn

The course is the same online course wherever you study from. Its modules:

  1. 1. Module 1 – Nature Park Management 1
  2. 2. Module 2 – Nature Park Management 2
See the full Nature Park Management course outline

Landscaping & horticulture near Napier

Places in and around Napier where you can see this field in action.

  • Napier Botanical Gardens (opens in a new tab)

    Council-run gardens on Napier Hill, reached from Spencer Road and Napier Terrace. Early planting included Pinus radiata on the slopes between Enfield Road and Napier Terrace.

    An older public garden on steep ground where mature trees and terraced plantings can be studied.

  • Kennedy Park Rose Gardens (opens in a new tab)

    Rose gardens opened in 1951 on ground that was part of the Ahuriri Lagoon before the 1931 earthquake; the collection now numbers around 5000 roses.

    A large single-genus collection for observing rose cultivation, pruning and seasonal care.

  • Centennial Gardens (opens in a new tab)

    Gardens at the foot of Bluff Hill, where Coote Road meets Marine Parade, built in 1974 on a former quarry.

    Shows how a disused quarry was turned into a landscaped public garden.

  • Ōtātara Outdoor Learning Centre (opens in a new tab)

    A nature-based learning space on EIT's Taradale campus that teaches ecological restoration and biodiversity management; a horticulture group planted about 350 native species on a bank there in 2019. It is increasingly used by local community groups, schools and hapū.

    Community groups can register interest in using the site, which offers native restoration planting to observe.

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