Taitua Arboretum. Waikato. New Zealand.
S 37° 48.435 E 175° 12.715
60H E 342594 N 5814064
An Arboretum containing a wonderful collection of trees in a woodland park, with walking tracks, situated in the countryside near Hamilton.
Waymark Code: WM8DMJ
Location: North Island, New Zealand
Date Posted: 03/17/2010
Views: 5
Hamilton's Taitua Arboretum is a collection of mature trees covering 20 hectares of open pasture, lakes and woodland gardens linked by a network of walking tracks and bridges. The park also features great views and wonderful bird life. The Arboretum is a collection of 1500 trees, some of them rare and unusual, which a couple collected and planted thirty years ago, from all over the world. They have gifted this wonderful collection to the Hamilton City Council. There are walking tracks through the Reserve and friendly free-roaming roosters, hens, chickens and ducks that love to be fed.
Open 7 days from 8am to half an hour before dusk. Admission free.
Arboretum address:
Taitua Road (off SH23, Howden Road)
Hamilton., North Is. New Zealand.
Arboretum web site: [Web Link]
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