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Percy Scenic Reserve
Percy Scenic Reserve is a botanic garden and bush reserve located in Maungaraki in Lower Hutt, New Zealand.
Percy Scenic Reserve is a public botanic garden with an ex-situ native plant collection dedicated to New Zealand native plants from coastal areas, alpine habitats, wetlands and offshore islands. The reserve comprises 16.93 hectares (41.8 acres) of parks, ponds, and forest. It also connects onto adjacent Frank Cameron Park.
Percy Scenic Reserve is owned by the Department of Conservation and managed by the Hutt City Council.
The gardens are located at 5 Dowse Drive, Maungaraki. There is parking at the Dowse Drive entrance for cars, campervans and coaches. It is a short walk north of the Petone train station. Part of the reserve also falls within the boundaries of the suburb of Korokoro.
There is a path suitable for wheelchairs from Dowse drive to the main lawns and duck pond.
The park open daily between sunrise and sunset, and entry is free.
Joseph Hewlett Percy arrived in Petone with his family in 1841 and soon after began construction of their home and mills in the area.
The waterfall on the Percy Stream that flows into the Duck Pond and was used to drive the Percy Family Flour Mill.
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Percy Scenic Reserve
Percy Scenic Reserve is a botanic garden and bush reserve located in Maungaraki in Lower Hutt, New Zealand.
Percy Scenic Reserve is a public botanic garden with an ex-situ native plant collection dedicated to New Zealand native plants from coastal areas, alpine habitats, wetlands and offshore islands. The reserve comprises 16.93 hectares (41.8 acres) of parks, ponds, and forest. It also connects onto adjacent Frank Cameron Park.
Percy Scenic Reserve is owned by the Department of Conservation and managed by the Hutt City Council.
The gardens are located at 5 Dowse Drive, Maungaraki. There is parking at the Dowse Drive entrance for cars, campervans and coaches. It is a short walk north of the Petone train station. Part of the reserve also falls within the boundaries of the suburb of Korokoro.
There is a path suitable for wheelchairs from Dowse drive to the main lawns and duck pond.
The park open daily between sunrise and sunset, and entry is free.
Joseph Hewlett Percy arrived in Petone with his family in 1841 and soon after began construction of their home and mills in the area.
The waterfall on the Percy Stream that flows into the Duck Pond and was used to drive the Percy Family Flour Mill.