Best parks and nature in Christchurch (NZ)

Christchurch Botanic Gardens is most popular around 1 PM on Saturdays. Visitors usually stay up to 1,5 hours here. It's most quiet on Wednesdays.

The Botanic Gardens are a museum with a living collection. Our displays and plants are always changing, depending on the time of year you visit. With a variety of gardens and collections over 21 hectares, the endless array of plants and flowers will activate all of your senses all year round.

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Hagley Park North is most popular around 10 AM on Saturdays. Visitors usually stay up to 1,5 hours here. It's most quiet on Mondays.

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Riccarton House and Bush is most popular around 10 AM on Saturdays. Visitors usually stay up to 1 hour here. It's most quiet on Thursdays.

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Mona Vale Garden Park is most popular around 1 PM on Saturdays. Visitors usually stay up to 1,5 hours here. It's most quiet on Tuesdays.

Gates open at 7am all year round and close at sunset. Mona Vale Homestead and Pantry hours are: Summer (dst): Weds to Sun 9am to 3pm Winter: Fri, Sat, Sun 9am to 3pm Mona Vale is a delightful place to relax in peaceful surroundings. Enjoy a garden of mature trees, sloping lawns and herbaceous borders, a large rose garden, irises and a water lily pond. The sheltered setting also showcases a number of impressive buildings of regional historic significance.

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South Hagley Park is most popular around 10 AM on Saturdays. It's most quiet on Mondays.

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Hagley Park South is most popular around 10 AM on Saturdays. Visitors usually stay up to 1,5 hours here. It's most quiet on Mondays.

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