Story: Public gardens

Dunedin Botanic Garden, 1925

The winter garden glasshouse at the Dunedin Botanic Garden was opened in 1908, and featured a coconut palm, orchids and a display of flowering chrysanthemums.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Albert Percy Godber Collection (PA-Group-00048)

Reference: 1/2 APG-1047; G

by Albert Percy Godber

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Maggy Wassilieff, Public gardens – The oldest public gardens, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/18812/dunedin-botanic-garden-1925 (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 1 March 2009.