Pukekura Fernery and Display Houses. New Plymouth. New Zealand.
S 39° 03.865 E 174° 04.800
60H E 247358 N 5672015
The Fernery and Display Houses are located within Pukekura Park, New Plymouth, near the Rogan and Fillis street entrances.
Waymark Code: WM5VC2
Location: North Island, New Zealand
Date Posted: 02/15/2009
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Pukekura Park's Fernery consists of three glass-topped caverns excavated into a hillside. Being below normal ground level, they create a temperate environment suited to a wide variety of plants.
The proposal to construct the Fernery was first discussed in 1918. Work started in June 1926 and the Fernery was officially opened on 28 January 1928. Public fundraising met the total cost of the project.
One house contains more than 100 varieties of New Zealand's native ferns. The other two houses have fern-clad banks complementing the large display of potted plants. An earth tunnel provides the entrance into the Fernery.
Displays of indoor and outdoor plants from around the world are arranged to complement each other through the use of colour, shape and texture.
The houses are connected by a viewing gallery. This creates a unique outlook down to the plant display. Wheelchair access is possible on the upper mezzanine of the Fernery via the service gates.
Opening Hours: Daily 8am-4pm, except Christmas Day.
During the summer Festival of Lights, December to February in Pukekura Park, the glass houses and fernery are lit at night with bright colourful illuminations amongst the plants, changing the display into a magic fairyland of colour.
Displays:
Spring
Cymbidium orchids, azalea, streptocarpus, vireya rhododendrons and spring bulbs.
Summer
Disa orchids, sreptocarpus, scadoxus, tuberous begonias.
Autumn
Cymbidium and masdevallia orchids, fuschia, streptocarpus and vireya rhododendrons.
Winter
Cymbidium, lealia and paphiopedilum orchids, cineraria, azalea and winter bulbs.
Type of Greenhouse: Botanical display - public
Type of Cover: Glass panel
What is the shape of this greenhouse: Other
If you selected Other shape please describe it: Tunnel below ground and glass-topped caverns above.
Unique features: Three glass-topped caverns excavated into a hillside, entered through an underground tunnel.
If you selected Other - describe it.: Not listed
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