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Brookgreen Park
| Address | 15 Goldflats Lane Albany. 10 km North of Auckland City Region. Directions: 3 km north of Albany, turn left onto Highway 28 being the Coatesville/Riverhead hway for 5.9 km, then turn left onto Goldflats Lane. Brookgreen Park is 150 metres on left. |
| Region | Auckland - North |
| Privately owned or public | Private |
| Email | |
| Phone | 09 4154433 |
| Fax | 09 4154438 |
| Contact Person | Helen Airey |
| Website | No |
| Hours | From the beginning of October through to the middle of May by appointment. |
| Garden Size | Medium garden, allow 1-2 hours for your visit. |
| Price | $10 per person. |
| Brochure Available? | No |
| Parking | On street parking for buses/coaches and angle parking for cars. We are a no exit lane with plenty of parking space. |
| Toilets | Yes |
| Food Available | Morning/afternoon teas and lunches by arrangement. |
| Cafe/Restaurant available? | No |
| Seating | Yes we have out door seating and can take large groups. |
| Picnics | Yes |
| Wheelchair Access | Top garden only |
| Dogs Allowed | No dogs please |
| Children Allowed | No thank you |
| Accommodation | No |
| Weddings | Yes by arrangement. |
| Plant/Other Sales | No |
| Guided Tours | Yes we are happy to show our visitors around the garden. |
| Function center? | No |
| Winery? | No |
| Other Facilities | Brookgreen Park Albany is 10 minutes from the Albany shops and 15 minutes from Totara Waters Burnlea and
Cornerlea Gardens Whenuapai.
We are 10 minutes from the Albany Mega Centre. |
Map
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The GardenBrookgreen Park is a large country garden. The house sits on a knoll near the entrance way with a view of the spreading lawns below. To one side formal clipped box edged gardens display roses and topiary while the way ahead leads over a tiled patio to a gazebo under planted with clivia and New Guinea impatiens. An avenue of Melia azedarach leads downwards to a small lake crossed by a Monet style bridge. Pink waterlillies are a feature here in spring and summer. A further bridge takes you to the maple garden under planted with hostas and ferns. Across the other side of the lake there is a formal fountain and tiled rill fed by water from a stream at the rear of the property. The path back to the house leads through a palm garden and to a vegetable pottager with small topiary citrus trees.
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The GardenerBoth Helen Bryan are very keen gardeners, and most of all love having people through the garden. |
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