Spring into Dunedin's Gorgeous Gardens

Back by popular demand!

Spring into Dunedin's Gorgeous Gardens is an ideal one-day fun packed special for all ages and suitable for self drive travellers.

About the special

The package price is NZ$32.50 per person (transport not included). Your ticket entitles you to entry to all of the following gardens with no pre-booking required. Show your i-Site voucher for entry and bonus offers.

Meet the colourful butterflies at The Tropical Forest. Bonus offer - includes a free butterfly identification guide.
Follow with a visit to The Dunedin Chinese Garden, one of only three authentic Chinese scholar's gardens outside China. Bonus offer - $1 off Chinese Garden guided tour.
On to the Otago Peninsula for the fabulous Larnach Castle Garden, Margaret Barker's personal creation over 42 years. Bonus offer - a free printed garden guide, a free native plant trail guide and free postcards.
End with an enjoyable visit to the beautiful Glenfalloch Woodland Garden, hidden in a wooded glen beside the Otago harbour. Bonus Offer - free Royals of Tairoa book when you purchase a Northern Royal Albatross Colony tour at Taiaroa Head, another Otago Peninsula Trust property.

About the gardens

Otago Museum Tropical Forest

An immersive tropical forest - the newest and tallest live butterfly experience in New Zealand! Enter a lush, living, tropical environment and come face to face with some of nature's most beautiful butterflies.

The Dunedin Chinese Garden

A stunning example of a late Ming, early Ching Dynasty Scholar's Garden, built using authentic Chinese materials crafted by a team of artisans and craftsmen from Dunedin's sister city of Shanghai. One of only three in the world outside China.

Larnach Castle Garden

Margaret Barker's inspired plantings over 42 years within the original framework of paths, hedges and trees of historic Larnach Castle. This is an NZGT Garden of National Significance. South Seas Garden. Accommodation. Cafe. A castle visit is available for an extra cost.

Glenfaloch Garden

This is a beautiful historic woodland garden begun in 1871, situated in a hidden valley. It has large established trees under-planted with rhododendrons and an array of woodland plants. Another NZGT Garden of National Significance.