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Christchurch Botanic Gardens


Christchurch Botanic Gardens
Rolleston Ave
Christchurch
New Zealand
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“Christchurch Botanic Gardens” AAA
“Botanic Gardens” Frommer's
“The Botanic Gardens” Wcities.com
“Long trip down under offers adventures galore in Australia, New Zealand” canoe.ca / Associated Press
“3 days in England of the South Pacific” Honolulu Star-Bulletin
TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.0 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #7 of 142 attractions in Christchurch
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Traveller Description: This garden is home to the best collection of exotic and indigenous plants in New Zealand.
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Attraction type: Garden
Activities: Walking
Address: Rolleston Ave Christchurch
New Zealand
Tel: 03 941 8999
Fax: 03 941 8267

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“Christchurch botantical garden - rose garden”
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5 of 5 stars
ColletteLovesTravel
Tucson, Arizona
13 Feb 2009

The Christchurch botanical gardens are huge - be sure you have good walking shoes. We primarily went to see the rose garden. It was late November and the garden was slightly past its peak bloom. The garden is a series of concentric circles. There are rose covered archways leading into the garden from four directions. The garden is surrounded by... more

“A Pretty Spot in Christchurch”
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4 of 5 stars
redanteater
Temple City, California
20 Dec 2008

We started our two week trip in Christchurch, and went to the botanical gardens our first day in New Zealand. I think the botanical gardens is a good places to begin to get a feel of New Zealand plants and wildlife. There were plenty of birds flying around, and the rose garden was gorgeous in bloom (in November). It's a... more

“Great for a stroll around after visiting the city”
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4 of 5 stars
Cassie78
Christchurch, New Zealand
4 Dec 2006
5/5 found this review helpful

Christchurch is very proud of its botannical gardens which are very near the city centre and quite large. Hagley Park which houses the botannical gardens is quite large - so make sure you head for the 'botannical' bit which is round the back of the museum, otherwise you could end up strolling around numerous football pitches which isn't very interesting.... more

“Lovely walk”
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4 of 5 stars
Jed3
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
17 Apr 2005
2/5 found this review helpful

This is a large area of trees and gardens which is worth a visit. more

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Christchurch Botanic Gardens Address

Rolleston Ave, Christchurch, New Zealand
Tel: 03 941 8999 Fax: 03 941 8267