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David with the flowers

The Winter Garden

September 19th 2014
In the afternoon, Pat drove us to the Botanical Winter Gardens and left us to explore on our own. A winter garden to me sounds like an oxymoron! In Canada my ‘winter garden’ sits under three feet of snow and sleeps until spring. But here in New Zealand, this winter garden was full of beautiful flowers – snap dragons, tulips, orchids, lilies, and pansies. There was also an entire garden fille ... read more
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New Zealand Flag The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more
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