Friends of the McKay Gardens

Spring flowers are glorious in the Gardens at the moment. Well worth a visit to see the colour and texture. Also pleasing to see the recycling addition to the rubbish bin.

A 'monkey puzzle' tree is soon to be located into the McKay Gardens.

Not a Standard ‘Rise and Fall’ Story: The Monkey Puzzle Tree in New Zealand, Part 1 by Mike Lloyd Republished from The Local Arboretum: Noticeable trees and their stories One of Wellington’s very few monkey puzzle trees. Source: Author, August 2026 Stories of trees falling in and …

Locals might be interested in this lecture by Dr John Lack on the history of Sunshine. Brimbank Library, 301 Hampshire Road, Sunshine, Room 5. When August 30th at 2pm: Presented by Sunshine & District Historical Society

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First eight participants on the day - pastries and coffee.

The first session of our Bird Count coming soon. If you would like to join the Friends of the McKay Gardens for some fresh air and engagement with the local bird life, we will be conducting a bird count on Saturday 5th of September from 8.30am-9.30am in the Gardens. This is part one of our bird count. Hopefully it will give us an idea of how many birds use Gardens before the sculptures and water features are installed and then we will have another bird count as part of the Citizen Science project in October. A free bird app can be downloaded onto your phone. eBird - Discover a new world of birding... (for ongoing monitoring of birds, simple easy to use checklist on app eBird Mobile) Merlin Bird ID – Free, instant bird identification help and guide for thousands of birds – Identify the birds you see (Great Bird Identification app – use this alongside eBird.) Go to our events to register your interest.

New Winter Newsletter out now.

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A Buxton Favourite in the Deep South: Earnscleugh Station’s Fan Palm Pair by Mike Lloyd Reposted from: The Local Arboretum: Noticeable trees and their stories Robert Percy Moore is regarded as New Zealand’s greatest panoramic photographer.1 Particularly during the 1920s,…

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