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Suburban front garden

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Suburban front garden

Standard roses and pansies feature in this formal planting on the front lawn of a suburban garden in Whanganui, in 1920.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Tesla Studios Collection (PAColl-3046)

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Maggy Wassilieff, Gardens – Suburban front gardens, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/18878/suburban-front-garden (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 1 March 2009.