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Story: Trees in the rural landscape

Harry Hart Arboretum, Lake Coleridge

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Harry Hart Arboretum, Lake Coleridge

This collection of conifers in the Canterbury high country was first planted by Harry Hart in 1933 to provide shelter for the staff working at the Lake Coleridge power station. The collection has been added to and maintained by the Central Canterbury Farm Forestry Association.

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Maggy Wassilieff, Trees in the rural landscape – Ornamental plantings, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/19715/harry-hart-arboretum-lake-coleridge (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 1 March 2009.