This is a summary of my 4 week tour to see New Zealand gardens. I will list all the sites and gardens visited with a picture or two or three of each and the date it was posted on this blog.
NORTH ISLAND
New Zealand Garden Tour:
(Posted Oct. 20)
Orbit Revolving Restaurant:
New Zealand Info:
(Posted Oct. 21)
Whangarei Gardens:
(Posted Oct. 21)
Rock Hopers Garden:
Whangarei Falls:
Whangarei Quarry Garden:
Paihia:
(Posted Oct. 22)
Monto Garden:

Kerikeri Mission Station:
Waitangi Treaty Grounds:
Bay of Islands:
(Posted on Oct. 23)
Bay of Islands Cruise:
Kauri Forest:
(Posted Oct. 24)
Waipoua Kauri Forest:
Kauri Museum:
Auckland Gardens:
(Posted on Oct. 25)
Totara Waters Subtropical Garden:
Mincher Garden:
Omaio Garden:
(Posted Oct. 25 (second post))
Morris & James Pottery:
Auckland Botanic Garden:
(Posted Oct. 26)
2 Gardens in Auckland:
(Posted Oct. 27)
Eden Garden:
Ayrlies Garden:
Hamilton Gardens:
(Posted Oct. 28)
Hobbiton:
(Posted Oct. 28 (second post))
Rotorua:
(Posted Oct. 28 (third post))
Wai-O-Tapu Thermal Wonderland:
Redwood Tree Walk:
(Posted Oct. 29)
Travel to New Plymouth:
(Posted Oct. 30)
Lava Glass Sculpture Garden:
Geothermal Plant:
Huka Falls:
Te Kainga Marire Garden:
4 Gardens in New Plymouth:
(Posted Oct. 31)
Saxton Sanctuary:
Pukeiti Gardens:
Nikau Grove:
Pukekura Park:
3 Gardens in Wanganui:
(Posted Nov. 1)
Cairnhill Garden:
Oakley Garden:
Puketarata Garden:
Gardens on the Way to Wellington:
(Posted on Nov. 2)
Paloma Garden:
Greenhaugh Garden & Nursery:
Hlomo Hlomo Garden:
Wellington:
(Posted Nov. 3)
Te Papa Museum of New Zealand:
Mt. Victoria:
Wellington Botanic Garden:
Zealandia:
(Posted Nov. 3 (second post))
SOUTH ISLAND
(Posted on Nov. 5)
Blenheim Gardens:
Crossing the Cook Straight:
Upton Oaks:
Hortensia House:
(Posted Nov. 6)
Paripuma Garden:
Allen Scott Family Vineyards:
Welton House:
The NZ West Coast:
(Posted on Nov. 7)
Woodend Gardens:
Hammond Garden:
Travel to Christchurch:
(Posted on Nov. 8)
Pancake Rocks:
Engineering Marvel:
Flaxmere Garden:
(Posted on Nov. 9)
Christchurch Botanical Garden:
Akaroa Gardens:
(Posted on Nov. 10)
Garden at French Farm:
The Giant’s House:
Garden at Fisherman’s Bay:
Oamaru:
(Posted on Nov. 11)
Broadfield Gardens:
Trott’s Garden:
Dunedin:
(Posted on Nov. 12)
Moeraki Boulders:
Dunedin Botanic Garden:
Dunedin and Otago:
(Posted Nov. 13)
Olveston House:
Larnach Castle:
Albatross Colony:
Te Anau:
(Posted Nov. 14)
Wilde Willow Garden:
Maple Glen:
Milford Sound:
(Posted Nov. 15)
Mirror Lakes & Southern Alps
Milford Sound:
Queenstown:
(Posted Nov. 16)
What a wonderful journey through some of New Zealand’s most picturesque gardens and landmarks. My wife and I have visited many of these ourselves. We used to live in Whangārei Heads and have been to the falls there many times! Thank you for sharing.