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The Eastwoodhill Arboretum, Gisborne has been proclaimed the national arboretum of the country of New Zealand since the year 2005. The Eastwoodhill Arboretum spans over an area of 131 hectares and can be found conveniently located at a distance of about 35 kilometers towards the northwest of Gisborne. You are going to have a lovely drive through the farmlands and vineyards to reach the Eastwoodhill Arboretum, Gisborne which has the largest collection of trees of the northern hemisphere found in the southern hemisphere. The Eastwoodhill Arboretum in Gisborne is looked after by the Eastwoodhill Trust Board which govern under the Eastwoodhill Trust Act of the year 1975. it is interesting to note that the arboretum is a Charitable Trust and works on the bequests, fund-raising and donations as given by people.
The founder Douglas Cook created the Eastwoodhill Arboretum, Gisborne in 1910 which later went on to become his life-time work. He made the giant collection of trees belonging to the temperate climatic zone of the northern hemisphere. It costed him almost all his fortune as he bought thousands of trees from nurseries of both New Zealand and England. He had bought a total number of 5000 different cultivars of shrubs, climbers along with different species of plants. The English nurseries from where these were imported were Slococks, Hillier's and Veitch's. The New Zealand nurseries are Harrison's in the Palmerston North and New Plymouth's Duncan and Davies. At present there is a good collection of native trees as well in the arboretum.
The most important genera at the Eastwoodhill Arboretum, Gisborne include Camellia, Acer, Pinus, Malus, Rhododendron, Prunus, Sorbus, Quercus, Magnolia, Abies and Juniperus. The Eastwoodhill Arboretum, Gisborne is divided into a number of parks but each of these are fashioned in a unique way and has been given a distinct name. The flat parts of the arboretum are Corner Park, Pear Park, Burnside and The Circus. The Corner Park was the first park which was planted systematically by the founder himself from the year 1927 onwards while the Pear Park was set up in the year 1950 and The Circus since 1959. The valleys and steep hills which you will come across in Eastwoodhill Arboretum, Gisborne include Millennial Wood, Three Kings, Cabin Park, Orchard Hill, Springfield, Turihaua Park, Douglas Park,Glen Douglas, the Mexico Way and the Canaan.
Since the Eastwoodhill Arboretum, Gisborne is visited by tourists from all over the world there are facilities of accommodation equipped with all the basic necessities of life. Besides these, there are walking trails and guided tours which are organized for the convenience of the tourists.
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