Dunedin Botanic Garden

It's hard to describe the wonders of a garden, despite there being many a suitable word. Poets have been inspired for thousands of years, recording, describing and reiterating the beauties of flora and foliage. If you find yourself worn down by the grind, tired of looking at concrete and street signs and textbooks, put your iPhone away, leave your laptop behind and escape to the green peace of Dunedin Botanic Garden. You may find more than you expected; playgrounds, glasshouses, herb gardens, duck ponds and woodlands, wild plants from every continent but Antarctica and then a range of chirpy parrots from Australia and New Zealand in the Garden’s famous aviaries.

What does one do there, you may ask? Picnics, wanders, adventures, daytime naps, romantic dates, duck feeding, bird watching, acorn collecting, cloud watching, reading, singing, humming, skipping, laughing, playing, walks, meanders, frolics and rambles. Taking time out never looked so attractive. What's quite possibly the best part about this whole experience? It doesn’t cost you any money and you may even find that the more time you spend there, the more you get back.