This Belgium Elm at the Timaru Botanic Gardens split in two during the Wahine storm (the second biggest storm to strike NZ in the last century), but was managed to be rescued when a steel rod pinned the trunk back together, and the tree recovered over time. See if you can find a odd looking patch of bark where the rod was driven through.
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Hidden in the northeast corner of the Timaru Botanic Gardens - Anderson Rose Garden is a 7.80m Camperdown elm. It was planted aprox 1860!
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Find the chocolate tree
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Gleniti Park
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Spot the Dutch Elm that's over 150 years old near the playground
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Find this tree from Mexico - a pinus rudis
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Spy a pine tree propogated from seeds collected in 2012 from Turkish red pine growing at the Paeroa Gold Course. Traced back to a pine cone bought home by Australian soldier WWI. Planted in 2015
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Hug a horse!... chestnut
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Find a 19m tree that was thought to be extinct 2 million years ago planted in 1948 at the Timaru Botanic Gardens.
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Planted in 1994 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the first ascent of Mount Cook
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Near the exit are two enormous Pinus Radiata trees that were planted many years ago by prisioners!
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I was told there is a silver fern at the fernery, is this it?
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Botanic Gardens, near the hospital boundary
Northern rātā Myrtacea (Metrosideros robusta) is one of New Zealand's tallest flowering trees
This tree looks amazing right now... It's on the edge of the species rose garden at the Timaru Botanic Gardens and has these awesome flowers that remind me of a pink pohutakawa pom pom flowers...
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Donated by the Staff of the Timaru City Council Parks Department to commermorate the passing of the Timaru City Council 31 Octover 1989
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Recognising the contribution of Janet Street, Secretary of the Friends of the Timaru Botanic Gardens. Near the hosptal boundary to the side of the road
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Find this trees "knees" near the band rotunda at the edge of the pond
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Find a tree that could pre-dates the Timaru Botanic Gardens
