Jack Hobbs, Auckland Botanic Gardens manager, introduces his 2022 #plantloverschallenge. A native that is rare in the wild but a delight in the garden, tororaro - Muehlenbackia astonii #PlantLoversChallenge. BGANZ aucklandbotanicgardens.co.nz/.../muehlenbec…

Greg Meylan in our visitor services team enthuses on the shifting hues of the Japanese maple, Acer palmatum 'Sango-kaku' for the BGANZ #PlantLoversChallenge in the run up to #botanicgardensday on May 29

Follow the pink path to the autumn flowering camellias AklBotanicGrdns

Our Children's Garden curator Lawrence Speedy on the remarkable dinner plate fig (Ficus dammaropsis). A tree from New Guinea that does well in Auckland and creates a real subtropical feel. #PlantLoversChallenge BGANZ

Our Spring Blossom Valley Curator, Andrea, shares her passion for the beautifully scented Orange Jessamine - Murraya paniculata #plantloverschallenge #botanicgardensday #LoveSeasol BGANZ

Only a couple days until #botanicgardensday and that means there's only a few days left of the #plantloverschallenge. Here's one from Andrea at AklBotanicGrdns and we'd love to see your favourite plant. Use the hastags to join in the fun! #LoveSeasol

Our education specialist Paul Swift shares his passion for the endemic nīkau (Rhopalostylis sapida). A plant that always reminds him he's in a special part of the world. This wraps up our #PlantLoversChallenge videos for 2022. Happy #botanicgardensday on May 29, thanks BGANZ

Great to see a #plantloverschallenge from Paul. Share your own #plantpassion video and use #loveseasol to win a prize pack. To celebrate #botanicgardensday this Sunday, bring your friends and whānau to see what botanic gardens are all about.

Visited AklBotanicGrdns yesterday & appreciated Tupu-a-nuku (earth) and Tupu-a-rangi (sky, trees, birds) on #Matariki (#MāoriNewYear & rising of the #Pleiades star cluster). #cabbages #sculptures #proteas #gardens #landscapedesign #aucklandbotanicgardens

More from the fabulous AklBotanicGrdns #Matariki #MāoriNewYear #Pleiades #starcluster #sculptures #proteas #gardens #landscapedesign #aucklandbotanicgardens #tūī #palms #camellias

The best job ever is now available!It does mean my almost 9 years are coming to an end at AklBotanicGrdns but whoever gets this job will hopefully enjoy it as much as I have. Please share & if you have any queries about the role, feel free to get in touch careers.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/job/South-Auck…

Prunus 'Pink Cloud' giving its nectar to a tūī.

Gang of Four Magnolia: 'Grant David' 'Royal Purple' 'Deryk' and 'Star Wars'

This is Raupō-taranga or Poor Knights lily (Xeronema callistemon), one of Aotearoa’s lonely island plants. It’s only known naturally on the Poor Knights Islands and Taranga Island. It grows on sea cliffs and rocky outcrops. Its closest relative is on New Caledonia, 1800km away.

It was golden hour on this little Anogramma leptophylla when I checked on the ex situ project at AklBotanicGrdns. So pleased to see it thriving and starting to produce spores #cuteplant

Our pōhutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa) have bloomed with extravagance this year. These are the cultivars 'Vibrance' and 'Titirangi'.

The rare and beautiful Worsleya procera - from the forests of eastern Brazil. In the wild it often grows in sodden soil near waterfalls.

Here we go BGANZ. This is my #LoveSeasol #PlantChallenge in the lead up to #botanicgardensday at the end of the month. I love the endless purple blooms of Ageratum houstonianum in my garden but these ones are at AklBotanicGrdns .

Cherry blossom season has begun at Auckland Botanic Gardens. This is Prunus x yedoensis 'Awanui'.

Pōhutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa 'Vibrance') flowering in peak abundance in an exuberant year for this beloved Aotearoa/NZ tree.