PUKEKURA PARK
Pukekura Park is located in the center of New Plymouth on the west side of the North Island.
This park covers about 128 acres, which include a Fernery and Display Houses, the large botanical garden of Brooklands and many others, as well as the Brooklands Zoo.
Pukekura is a ‘Garden of National Significance’, a title conferred by the New Zealand Gardens Trust.
The park is also home to a 2,000 year-old puriri tree, a species endemic to New Zealand.
All those plants attract wildlife including birds, even Canada geese on the pond!
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| Yellow blooms |
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| Pink flowers |
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| Scarlet gum tree |
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| Golden tree ferns |
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| Pink aloe |
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| Pond with water lilies |
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| White aloe |
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| Drooping conifer |
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| Dawn redwood |
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| Old Puriri tree trunk |
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| The 2,000 year-old Puriri tree sign |
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| Old Puriri top branches |
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| Welcome sign |
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| Inside the Display House |
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| Medicinal plants |
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| Native Rongoa plants |
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| Palm tree |
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| Non-parasitic epiphytes on tree |
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