Here are the answers for "Can You Read The Signs" from our Timaru Botanic Gardens Scavenger Hunt
- Q: Where were the seeds collected from for the Turkish Red Pine at the War Memorial?
A: Pareora Golf Course - Q: What makes this area different to “all other areas of the Botanic Gardens”?
A: Can smell, touch and even pick a flower or twig - Q: What flower is like thy face?
A: Primrose - Q: By what name did the “Anderson” of Anderson’s Rose Garden fame go by?
A: Waiter - Q: As of 2002, how many plant species in NZ were considered at risk of extinction?
A: 445 - Q: In which civilisations herbal manuscript were Dahlias recorded?
A: Aztecs - Q: More than how many different types of Eucalypts exist?
A: More than 600 - Q: What is the name of the Scotsmen that Charmichaelia plants are named after?
A: Captain Dugal Carmichael - Q: Where does Hamlet’s Willow grow?
A: Aslant a brook - Q: What date was the foundation stone for the fountain laid by M. Jonas Mayor of Timaru?
A: 21st June 1887 - Q: What year was the Sister City Garden 10 year commemoration plaque laid?
A: 2009 - Q: What girls name is also the genus name of New Zealand's largest flowering plants?
A: Veronica
