Sculpture at the entrance of the Botanic Gardens
Another gorgeous day of sunshine to explore the Botanic Gardens on the edge of Auckland.
We spent some time in the vegetable and herb garden, looking at what we could do to improve ours at home.
Acres and acres of trees and gardens - the roses were in full bloom and bouganvillae climbing over everything, and fountains splashing everywhere.
We packed a picnic and plenty of water, grabbed the camera and ice-cream money, and set off to explore.
We discovered the Potter Children's Gardens, complete with giant kereru and possum factoids.The theme of the garden is the relationship between the puriri (a native tree), kererü (native wood pigeon) and mokoroa (the puriri moth).
Entrance to the Children's Garden
There is a giant egg to 'hatch' out of and a carved trail to follow. It's an interactive garden, opened by our very own Prince of Wales in 2005..
Hatching out of the nest
The gardens are named after Freemason Frederick Potter who dedicated his life to helping children.
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