Gardening in New Zealand

Gardening is a popular pastime in New Zealand. A 2007/2008 survey of physical activities found that 43% of New Zealanders had participated in gardening in the previous 12 months.[1] A range of books, magazines and television programmes are dedicated to the topic.

Parnell Rose Gardens during the 2006 Rose Festival.

New Zealand has restrictions on trading during the Easter holiday break, and in recent years garden supply centres have flouted the law and remained open.[2]

Gardens

Botanical gardens

Arboreta

Events

Gardeners and horticulturists

Environmental issues

With the European settlement of New Zealand, which occurred in relatively recent times from an ecological perspective, a wide range of plants were introduced into the country for both agriculture and for gardens. Many of the plants went on to become invasive species.[3]

Some notable examples of invasive plants that are used in gardens include:

See also

References
  1. "Sport, Recreation and Physical Activity Participation Among New Zealand Adults: Key Results of the 2007/08 Active New Zealand Survey" (PDF). SPARC Aotearoa.
  2. NZPA (21 April 2011). "Stores to flout Easter laws". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
  3. Sullivan, J.J.; S.M. Timmins; P.A. Williams (2005). "Movement of exotic plants into coastal native forests from gardens in northern New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Ecology. 29 (1): 1–10.

Further reading
  • Dawson, Bee (2010). A History of Gardening in New Zealand. Random House New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-86962-156-8.
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