Discovery Garden

Discovery Garden is a garden in Wellington, Greater Wellington. Discovery Garden is situated nearby to Wellington Botanic Garden, as well as near Succulent garden.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wellington Botanic Garden and Space Place at Carter Observatory.

Wellington Botanic Garden

Garden

Photo: Ppe42, Public domain.

Wellington Botanic Garden ki Paekākā is a botanical garden close to central Wellington in New Zealand. It covers 25 ha of land in a valley between Thorndon and Kelburn, with Glenmore Street as a boundary along the valley floor.

Space Place at Carter Observatory

Planetarium

Photo: Mozasaur, Public domain.

Space Place at Carter Observatory is an observatory in 40 Salamanca Rd, Kelburn, Wellington, New Zealand, located at the top of the Wellington Botanic Garden near the top terminal of Cable Car. Space Place at Carter Observatory is situated 180 metres southeast of Discovery Garden.

Dominion Observatory

Observatory

Photo: russellstreet, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Dominion Observatory is a historic observatory in the Botanic Gardens in Wellington, New Zealand. It was the second observatory in Wellington. It was built in 1907 and originally named the Hector Observatory after James Hector until 1925. Dominion Observatory is situated 230 metres southeast of Discovery Garden.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Northland and Kelburn.

Northland

Suburb

Photo: Pakoire, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Northland is a suburb in west-central Wellington, New Zealand. It borders the suburbs of Highbury, Kelburn, Thorndon, Wilton, Wadestown and Karori. Northland is populated by a mix of university students, young professionals and families.

Kelburn

Suburb

Photo: JKeijsers, CC BY 4.0.

Kelburn is a central suburb of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand, situated within 1 kilometre of the central business district. Kelburn sits on the hills just west of the capital's central business district and is bordered by the Botanic Garden and the suburbs of Thorndon and Northland to the north, the suburbs of Karori and Highbury to the south west, and Aro Valley to the south.

Wellington Central

Suburb

Photo: Frozen-Coke-Rocks, Public domain.

Wellington Central is an inner-city suburb of Wellington, and the financial heart of both the city and the Wellington Region. It comprises the northern part of the central business district, with the majority of Wellington's high-rise buildings.

Discovery Garden

Type: Garden
Category: recreation area
Location: Wellington, Greater Wellington, North Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-41.28286° or 41° 16′ 58″ south

Longitude

174.76608° or 174° 45′ 58″ east

Open location code

4VCPPQ88+VC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 668423787

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=garden

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