Kōrero: City public spaces

Botanical Gardens, Napier

Botanical Gardens, Napier

In 1855 government surveyor Alfred Domett set aside 17.3 hectares for a botanical garden on Napier’s Hospital Hill. The unpromising site was gradually planted out with trees and flower beds, and by the turn of the 20th century was a source of immense civic pride. This image from the early 1900s suggests that exotic plantings dominated the gardens at the time.

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Geoffrey Rice, 'City public spaces - Parks and gardens', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/22908/botanical-gardens-napier (accessed 30 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Geoffrey Rice, i tāngia i te 11 Mar 2010