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Also found in the Domain is
the Auckland Winter Garden.
This was an unplanned visit for us, as we had no knowledge of the place until
happening upon a sign pointing to it.
It sounded like something with possibilities, this being winter, and had the
additional selling point of costing nothing to visit.
Bob and Connie with Sign
The Winter Garden has three principal parts:
the Tropical House, the Temperate House (AKA the Cool House), and the
Fernz Fernery.
The Tropical and Temperate Houses are greenhouses occupied by plant life partial to
their respective temperatures.
The Temperate House
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Connie in Temperate House
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Between them they have trees, shrubs, cacti, and many colorful flowers.
Cactus Garden
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Yellow Flower, Temperate House
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The Tropical House had somewhat more colorful
flowers and was blessedly warm inside.
Among its plants were several carnivorous pitcher plants, irresistibly
attractive to insects which often fall into the “pitchers” to be drowned and
digested.
The Tropical House (WMV Video, 14.4 MB)
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Flower in Pond, Tropical House
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Pitcher Plant
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Purple Orchid
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As one might expect, the Fernz
Fernery showcases ferns, found in profusion throughout New Zealand.
The Fernery is probably very pleasant in the
summer, but in the winter it was mostly dark and cold.
Fernz Fernery
The Houses and the Fernery are distributed around a large central courtyard with statues, fountains and a
reflecting pool.
Courtyard and Tropical House
More Photos:
Assorted Flowers, Temperate House
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Pond, Tropical House
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Red Pitcher Plant
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White and Red Flowers
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