13th August, 6pm // 20th August, 8pm
This NZ documentary explores how a city rubbish dump was transformed into a collection of gardens that is now a major international attraction.
Masterminded by designer Peter Sergel and developed with the support of council, the local community and private sponsorship, Hamilton Gardens is now recognised as one of the great garden exhibits of the world.
It’s also a Museum of Humanity. Each of the gardens reflects the beliefs, lifestyles and values of a particular era and the people who created it.
Visitors can experience gardens typical of 16th-century England, the Song Dynasty China, Ancient Egypt and the Italian Renaissance. They can even see the imagined future of horticulture, from sustainable to surreal.
“It’s a triumph of landscape design and architecture that deserves to be celebrated.” – Landscape Architecture Aotearoa
