Sunken Gardens, A Park on Marine Parade - Napier, New Zealand
S 39° 29.490 E 176° 55.180
60H E 493092 N 5628675
A popular gathering place for picnics and sunbathing in Summer, beside the sea the Sunken Garden is ablaze with colourful flowers.
Waymark Code: WM75BB
Location: North Island, New Zealand
Date Posted: 09/04/2009
Views: 10
Along Marine Parade the Sunken Garden park is a popular place in summer where children play in the sculpture pool.
One of the 1930's Marine Parade attractions had been the bitumen surfaced tennis courts south of the Soundshell. These were made redundant by the opening of the Onekawa Tennis Courts in 1966. In April 1967 a start was made on excavating the 30,000 cubic yard hole for the Sunken Gardens. Many interesting finds were made in the excavated earthquake rubble with reminders of long gone cafes, hotels and manufacturers, along with various objects and fittings.
The Gardens were opened in 1969 by Sir Lew Harris, who gave a generous donation in the form of the floating 'bio-morphic sculpture' in the pool.
You can find the Sunken Garden on Marine Parade, just past the Information Centre. There is no sign, but you can't miss it, situated between the road and the beach.
Name: Sunken Gardens.
Street Location: Marine Parade.
Local Municipality: Napier.
State/Province, etc.: Hawkes Bay.
Country: New Zealand.
Web Site: [Web Link]
Date Established: 1969.
Picnic Facilities: Picnic tables, seats, paraplegic access,
Art (murals/sculpture, etc.): Bio-Morphic Sculpture in the pool.
Ponds/Lakes/Streams/Rivers/Beach: An artificial waterwheel and some flowing water.
Traditional Geocaches:
GC40WZG Traditional Cache
Abandon Garden - its sinking (Napier).
Memorial/Commemoration: Not listed
Recreational Facilities: Not listed
Monuments/Statues: Not listed
Fountains: Not listed
Special Events: Not listed
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