Английская Википедия:Ayrlies Garden
Ayrlies Garden is a country garden near Whitford, southeast of Auckland on the North Island of New Zealand. It is one of New Zealand's best-known gardens,[1] and has been described as the "quintessential New Zealand garden".[2] The New Zealand Gardens Trust has rated it a six star garden, its highest rating.[1]
The garden now covers some Шаблон:Convert of rolling terrain, with large lawns, ponds and waterways, and heavily planted informal borders which make strong use of colour, including a "lurid border" of 'hot' colours. Some areas feature roses, clematis and perennials; others contain lush, sub-tropical plants, such as Petrea, Alocasia, bromeliads, vireya rhododendrons and Ficus dammaropsis. It also includes many large trees - mostly liquidambar, swamp cypress and pin oak - which have grown rapidly in the warm and wet climate, with rare frosts and over Шаблон:Convert of rain a year. It contains several structures around the main house, including a small 'sitooterie' - a low gazebo, to sit out in and admire the view. The large site is unified by a consistent planting and use of materials.
The garden was created by Beverly McConnell and her late husband Malcolm, co-founder of New Zealand engineering and construction company McConnell Dowell. It is named after Malcolm McConnell's grandfather's farm in Scotland.[3] The garden began in 1964, when the McConnells moved to the site with their young family, starting with a Шаблон:Convert coastal site which was previously bare paddock with a heavy clay soil, and expanding to Шаблон:Convert in 1978, including the addition of three large ponds. From 2000, Шаблон:Convert of swamp flats below the homestead were transformed into a wetland area with an Шаблон:Convert lake, linking the garden to the Hauraki Gulf nearby.[4]
The garden is open to the public on weekdays, for a fee.
References
Further reading
- Sharp Gardening, Christopher Holliday and Jerry Harpur, frances lincoln ltd, 2005, ISBN 0-7112-2433-1, p.72-75
External links
Шаблон:Authority control Шаблон:Franklin Local Board Area Wairoa Subdivision Шаблон:Subject bar
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Best: A New Zealand Compendium, Ella Griffiths, Awa Press, 2004, Шаблон:ISBN, p.52
- ↑ New Zealand Listener, March 31-April 6 2007, Vol.208, No.3490Шаблон:Dead link
- ↑ Wetlands Шаблон:Webarchive
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