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Bog garden, Christchurch Botanic Gardens

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Bog garden, Christchurch Botanic Gardens

At one time, a pond in the bog garden at the Christchurch Botanic Gardens featured miniature islands shaped like New Zealand.

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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/18814/bog-garden-christchurch-botanic-gardens (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 1 March 2009.