These are a selection of photos taken at Te Puna quarry park on our recent trip north. It is a park which climbs the very steep sides of an old quarry. I have focussed here mainly on the plants, there are also some interesting sculptures (and an amazing view).
For Carmi's Thematic Photographic: Vegetation.
6 comments:
glad to see this lovely post
ALOHA from Honolulu
ComfortSpiral
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Lovely, exotic (to me!) vegetation. Had to follow link to find it, discovered it in the North Island of New Zealand, near where my cousins used to live! Its a small, and very beautiful, world!
Te Puna Quarry Park is being developed by a dedicated band of volunteers from a disused quarry into a world class park. This old scar on the hillside has already become a place of special beauty. From the upper levels there is a spectacular panoramic view out over the Bay of Plenty. There are ponds, tree ferns, cymbidium orchids by the thousand, native tree plantings and exotics such as vireya rhododendrons - a wild garden of infinite variety. Special garden areas include irises, cacti and succulents, an Australian area, a native Arboretum, a Bonsai corner, a South African area and a Palm Grove. We now have a butterfly garden where monarchs and admirals happlily fly free.
Sounds wonderful. Thanks for the pictures!
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Oh my, this is a stunning view into vegetation and lovely nature free to the eye of the beholder.
Great ferns.
Lovely! I was there this time last spring - this post makes me think I must go back soon (I live about 30 minutes' drive from this park)
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