Horticulture in Wellington
What you'll learn
The course is the same online course wherever you study from. Its modules:
- 1. Subject 1 – Horticulture 1
- 2. Subject 2 – Horticulture and Plant Data
Studying horticulture in Wellington's gardens
Wellington Botanic Garden ki Paekākā covers 25 hectares of Kelburn hillside. The Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture recognises it as a Garden of National Significance, and Wellington City Council has managed it since 1891. Its curated collections combine international and native plants, a rock garden and the Lady Norwood Rose Garden. The Discovery Garden is a teaching space focused on food, healing and resource plants, and the garden runs regular guided walks and lunchtime botanical talks. The site's history as a reserve goes back to 1844, when the New Zealand Company set aside a 5.26-hectare strip of podocarp forest for a botanic garden.
A few kilometres away, Ōtari-Wilton's Bush is the country's only public botanic garden devoted solely to native plants. About 1,100 native species, hybrids and cultivars are grouped by family or as recreated ecosystems, and almost all were grown from cuttings or seed collected in their original habitats. The garden has run since 1926, and entry is free.
Horticulture in Wellington: questions
Where can I study native plants in Wellington?
Ōtari-Wilton's Bush in Wilton has about 1,100 native species, hybrids and cultivars in five hectares, beside 100 hectares of native forest. Entry is free, and its supporting trust runs guided walks, talks and volunteer opportunities. Almost all of its plants were grown from wild-collected cuttings or seed.
Does the Wellington Botanic Garden run learning events?
Wellington Gardens lists guided walks and lunchtime Botanical Insights talks at the Botanic Garden ki Paekākā, as well as an Ōtari seminar series. Its events page has the current programme. Recent listings included walks on foliage and on medicinal 'pharmaceutical' plants. Schools can book the Discovery Garden, Te Kaapuia o Te Waoku, through the education team.
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