NZPhotographer Issue 11, Sept 2018

Celebrating 150 Years of
Wellington Botanical Garden
On 3rd September the formal establishment of the Wellington Botanic Garden
turns 150 years old and NZP readers are invited to participate in the special photo
competition that runs through the year.
David Sole, the Manager of Wellington Garden tells us more about the history of
the garden and the photo competition.
FRESH SHOOTS
PHOTO COMPETITION
ENTER
Wellington Botanic Garden is fondly regarded as ‘our
garden’ by the residents of Wellington and enjoyed
every year by tens of thousands of visitors to the city.
The origins of the garden, and its inclusion on the
Wellington Town Belt, dates from the planning for the
city in the period 1839-44 but the formal process for the
establishment of the garden did not begin until 1868.
The legacy of Sir James Hector, the botanic garden’s
first director, is today revisited as we establish
education programmes in the newly developed
Discovery Garden Te Kaapuia O Te Waouku.
We are returning to science and beginning to
carefully reconsider the role of our collections in
supporting education, science, and conservation –
how we contribute to the local regional, national,
and international roles of botanic gardens in plant
conservation in the face of climate change and
the alarming worldwide loss of plant species due to
human activity.
The garden still continues to be a place of refuge
and respite from the pressures of the city and ever
increasing social pressures of urban intensification.
People can find calm and tranquility and immerse
themselves in a landscape that is safe, soothing, and
satisfying.
It is a place where individuals and families and friends
can come together and enjoy the flowers, the events,
and the diversity of seasons; where they can enjoy the
wondrousness of plants and their contribution to our world.
The ‘Fresh Shoots’ photo competition will provide
inspiring opportunities for amateur and pro
photographers to capture the garden, its people, the
wildlife, its dramatic landscape and, fundamentally,
the beauty of the plants.
With four separate competitions taking place over
the year, photographers are encouraged to capture
seasonal aspects of life at the gardens. A panel
of expert judges will select the winners from four
categories; People, Nature, Events, and Creative with
both senior and junior (photographers ages 14-18
years) winners.
We look forward to seeing your photos!
We’re inviting photographers to highlight all the wonderful things that make the Wellington
Botanic Garden much more than a garden, while encouraging photographers to focus on
the garden season by season.
For prizes and full Terms & Conditions see: www.excio.io/freshshoots
The competition is split into four quarterly competitions based on each of the four seasons:
Spring Summer Autumn Winter
1 September -
14 December 2018
15 December -
22 March 2019
CATEGORIES
23 March -
21 June 2019
22 June -
20 September 2019
NATURE PEOPLE CREATIVE EVENTS
PARTNERS
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