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Biography: Cook, William Douglas

Eastwoodhill arboretum

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Eastwoodhill arboretum

he arboretum at Eastwoodhill, just over 34 km west of Gisborne on Wharekopae Road, is the product of planting by Douglas Cook between 1910 and 1965. It presents a spectacular display in autumn, when the leaves on deciduous trees change colour. In this segment from a May 1993 episode of Palmers garden show, presenter Maggie Barry introduces the arboretum.

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John Berry. 'Cook, William Douglas', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/eastwoodhill-arboretum (accessed 4 June 2026).