Botanic Garden project nearing end
As work nears completion on a $6 million redevelopment of the Dunedin Botanic Garden propagation buildings and glasshouses, attention is turning to shifting thousands of rare plants and seeds.
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Botanic Garden beefs up security
Botanic Garden beefs up security
A rotating digital camera taking photos at regular intervals will be set up in the central part of the Dunedin Botanic Garden this week as an interim security measure until closed-circuit television can be installed.
The worm has turned up
The worm has turned up
A giant glowing worm has appeared above ground at the Dunedin Botanic Garden.
Sculpture here for Christmas
Sculpture here for Christmas
The Dunedin Botanic Garden's worm is getting a wriggle on and should soon be here, Dunedin City Council staff say.
An 'exceptional' Botanic Gardens Congress
An 'exceptional' Botanic Gardens Congress
A major international conference held in Dunedin over the past week drew to a close yesterday amid plaudits for the city and its people.
Gala day celebrates garden's 150 years
Gala day celebrates garden's 150 years
Spring was in the air at the Dunedin Botanic Garden yesterday.
Dunedin to join network
Dunedin to join network
The Dunedin Botanic Garden seems likely to become part of a new project aimed at setting up a global network of tree and plant health ''sentinels'', garden curator Alan Matchett said New Zealand AgResearch scientists have been approached to join the International Plant Sentinel Network, an international monitoring network which enables warnings of plant pests and diseases to be shared.
329 gather for garden congress
329 gather for garden congress
Hundreds of botanic garden enthusiasts from 45 countries have arrived in Dunedin for the Fifth Global Botanic Gardens Congress.
Lister Garden extension going well
Lister Garden extension going well
An extension to the Dunedin Botanic Garden's Clive Lister Garden is well under way, and a hole has been left for a most controversial worm.
$6 million work starts in upper garden
$6 million work starts in upper garden
The Dunedin Botanic Garden is growing.
Gardens congress boost for economy
Gardens congress boost for economy
Nearly $2 million is expected to be injected mostly into the Otago economy by delegates from as far afield as China, Lithuania and Russia attending the fifth Global Botanic Gardens Congress in Dunedin in October.
Gallery's collection set to blossom
Gallery's collection set to blossom
Flowers will bloom at the Dunedin Public Art Gallery on Saturday as one city institution pays tribute to another.
Botanic Garden marks 150th
Botanic Garden marks 150th
The Dunedin Botanic Garden celebrates its 150th birthday today.
Putting down some roots
Putting down some roots
As Dunedin Botanic Garden celebrates 150 years, Clare Fraser remembers one of its more colourful early occasions.
More sculpture ideas sought
More sculpture ideas sought
Proposals will be sought from local Dunedin artists for a sculpture to celebrate the Dunedin Botanic Garden's 150th birthday.
Showing trees to their best advantage
Showing trees to their best advantage
At Dunedin Botanic Garden the arboretum covers just over 2ha. But what exactly is an arboretum?
Botanic Garden van gets spruce-up
Botanic Garden van gets spruce-up
A lifetime of learned discipline is being temporarily reversed by Dunedin's George Street Normal School pupils, who are using a commercial vehicle as their painting canvas.
Botanic Garden plans new propagation area
Botanic Garden plans new propagation area
The Dunedin City Council is seeking consent to build new nursery facilities to replace the ageing glasshouses and propagation areas of the Dunedin Botanic Garden.
The Chills play to a hot crowd in the garden
The Chills play to a hot crowd in the garden
It could well have been a sellout crowd for the Chills' concert in Dunedin yesterday - had tickets been on sale. As it was, entry to the concert at the Dunedin Botanic Garden was free.
Tours to show off the botanic garden
Tours to show off the botanic garden
Tours of the lower Dunedin Botanic Garden will begin next month in an initiative by the Friends of Dunedin Botanic Garden. Committee member Annette Riley says the tours are a pilot and the Friends hope to extend the tours next year to include the upper garden. Ms Riley says the idea is to extend the experience of the garden for both local and overseas visitors.