Meagan and Martini took us to the Hamilton Gardens for our next stop.
Hamilton Gardens is committed to sustainable management practices by:
Recycling glass, paper, tin, aluminium, food waste, office supplies and garden compost
Purchasing mulch from the local recycling centre
Conserving water through night time irrigation, mulching, monitoring and recycling
Improving energy efficiency through monitoring, insulation and energy efficient technologies
Using a buy local policy
Ongoing planting programmes and the propagation and distribution of locally ecosourced NZ plants for restoration work
Promoting sustainable practices through The Sustainable Backyard garden
Encouraging bird, insect and bat populations through planting, habitat protection and predator control
The Māori culture was present through out the garden as you can see in the photo above.
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