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Wellington Botanic Garden

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Wellington Botanic Garden

As early as 1900, gardeners at Wellington Botanic Garden were integrating native tree ferns and sedges (foreground) with exotic plantings.

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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/18815/wellington-botanic-garden (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 1 March 2009.