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Inner-city garden

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This inner-city garden has been designed as a sheltered, peaceful retreat from the busy world outside. This emphasis on privacy is in strong contrast to suburban gardens of the early 20th century, which were on show for the whole neighbourhood to admire.

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Maggy Wassilieff, Gardens – Private gardens in the 2000s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/18887/inner-city-garden (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 1 March 2009.