Just recently my dear friend Di took me out for a surprise for my birthday. She had packed up a fabulous picnic lunch (pic to follow) and off we went to The Quarry Gardens in Whangarei.
This is a subtropical garden on a huge scale developed by mostly volunteers over the past 17 years from a deserted quarry site, a few minutes drive from the city centre.
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| That's Di at the Whangarei Quarry Gardens |
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| The Dam at the top of the Whangarei Quarry Gardens |
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| Old concrete structures beautifully planted out |
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| Strange tropical fruit - please tell me if you know what it is |
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| Look at this fabulous lunch - I'm so spoilt! |
The Quarry Gardens are well worth a visit. They are free to visit and open every day. There is a cafe being built there, due to open in Spring (October here). They have a wedding garden and sometimes open days with music and stalls.
What a beautiful place. I want to spend my birthday there! (After all, it's free. Except for that plane ticket to NZ...). I'm curious about the blue fruit, too. I hope someone posts the answer.
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