Welcome
The owners of the gardens listed on this website welcome garden lovers to visit their gardens.
Dunedin open gardens scheme
The Dunedin Open Gardens Association administers the open gardens scheme with funding assistance from the Dunedin City Council.
About Dunedin Gardens
Dunedin gardens thrive in a wide variety of sites and climates, from coastal areas to sheltered harbour-side microclimates and from exposed hill slopes to the plains of the Taieri. This results in a wide variety of wonderful gardens with different styles and featured plants.
Many gardens have outstanding displays of rhododendrons, which grow extremely well in Dunedin’s climate and have been celebrated by the Rhododendron Festival, held annually for many years in October.
The quality of Dunedin’s gardens is also outstanding, with two of the six New Zealand gardens classified by the New Gardens Trust as “Internationally Significant” being located in Dunedin: Dunedin Botanic Garden and Larnach Castle Garden.
Come visit
The gardens listed on this website include public gardens and private gardens whose owners have made them available for the public to visit.
Most gardens charge a small fee for setting up and maintaining this website and advertising open days.