Auckland Botanic gardens

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Latest lockdown videos from our team:

 

Our Curious Curator Barbara Wheeler encounters some lovely lichen.

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Take an annotated tour through the Urban Trees Garden.

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Our Curious Curator Barbara Wheeler introduces the native epiphyte kahakaha.

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Take a tour of our African Garden

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Our Curious Curator Barbara Wheeler meets scrambling fumitory.

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Native Plant Ideas curator Jeff Jones introduces and gives his top tips on growing and looking after two easy care indoor succulents in the the Senecio family.

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Take a tour of Spring Blossom Valley.

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A little slideshow of some of Aotearoa's native flowers growing at Auckland Botanic Gardens.

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Perennial Garden curator Pippa Lucas and garden apprentice Karah Lockman give a lesson on 'tip pruning' Gaura lindheimeri to get a bushier plant and an abundance of summer flowers.

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Join our Curious Curator Barbara Wheeler as she encounters a beautiful plant beloved by bees, the Mexican Lily (Beschorneria yuccoides).

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Camellia and African Garden curator Andrea Wright introduces us to her collection of house plants including Philodendron erubescens, Schlumbergera russelliana, Gasteria and Kalanchoe 'Double Red'.

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Our Curious Curator Barbara Wheeler encounters the Coral Tree, whose bright flowers distract from its tendency to spread by suckers to the detriment of native plants.

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Edibles Garden curator Angela Anstis introduces us to pitcher plants (Nepenthes), with a top tip on the where they will thrive best in your house.

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Our Curious Curator Barbara Wheeler introduces one of our beautiful native flowers, karo (Pittosporum crassifolium) while out on a lockdown hikoi.

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Native Plant Ideas curator Jeffrey Jones introduces a few of the easy care indoor hanging plants he has growing at home.

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Palm Garden curator Mark Fielder takes us on tour of his garden at home and shares ideas for a tropical look to your garden.

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Auckland Botanic Gardens manager Jack Hobbs gives a lockdown masterclass in sowing seeds for spring.

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Jeffrey Jones, Native Plant Ideas curator, talks about the design concepts behind the new mānuka garden (due to open in mid-2022).

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Auckland Botanic Gardens' curator Barbara Wheeler (aka the Curious Curator) takes a look at the incredible pōhutukawa, including their amazing and architectural aerial roots.

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Visitor Centre team member Shelley Small introduces Prunus 'Te Mara', a tree that you will love as much as the tūī do.

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This is one we made earlier but never shared. Visitor Centre team member Shelley Small on the wonderful native daphne.

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Camellia Garden curator Andrea Wright gives a lesson in the art of pruning hydrangea.