Do you want to feed your imagination, replenish the soul?
We drive up Dyers Pass Road over the Port Hills to visit Ohinetahi, one of Christchurch’s most beautiful gardens and homestead of international significance.
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Category Archives: Garden & Wildlife
From the Diary of a High-Class Landlady
New Zealand's Christmas tree
The pohutukawa is also called the New Zealand Christmas tree, this one is such a pretty sight to see from Dyers House.
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Thelychiton or dendrobium?
Among the orchids at Dyers House is this tiny pink rock orchid
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Air Traffic Control
Christchurch Airport has reported a record number of arrivals in 2018. It is early Spring at Dyers House with a large number of visiting birds, including greenfinches in the cherry tree.
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A Strange Family Relative
We have a number of citruses in the garden at Dyers House, lemon, lime, nectarine but one family member has everyone curious. Buddha's fingers.
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