Auckland Botanic Gardens proudly displays a permanent collection of sculpture, nestled among the gardens, along walkways and at the Huakaiwaka Visitor Centre.
This significant collection has been funded by the Friends of the Auckland Botanic Gardens and other generous benefactors. It is enriched by the vision of garden creators who have incorporated the sculptures in to their horticultural work. Each art work has a story and a connection to its garden surroundings.
When visitors walk the biennial Sculpture in the Gardens exhibitions, many of these permanent scuptures can also be seen along the way.
A brochure of the permanent works can be collected from the Auckland Botanic Gardens Huakaiwaka visitor centre, and are available to view daily.
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Fred Graham | Manu Torino (2005)
Huakaiwaka Visitor Centre
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James Wright | Nikau (2005)
(concept – Maui ‘Atalanga ‘Ofamo’oni)
Huakaiwaka Visitor Centre
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Jim Wheeler | Object of Devotion (2011)
Huakaiwaka Visitor Centre
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Llew Summers | Butterfly (2008)
Butterfly Lawn
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Richard Mathieson | Turn (2007)
Pohutukawa Walkway
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Virginia King | Waka (2001)
Threatened Native Plant Garden
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Bing Dawe | Tuna (2013)
Threatened Native Plant Garden
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Fred Graham | The Web (2014)
Native Plants
- Colleen Ryan Priest | Caught in the Act of Losing You | Part of the permanent sculpture collection
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Dr Richard Cooper | Awhi Rito (2007)
Palm Garden
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Regan Gentry | Splayed (2012)
Native Ideas Garden
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Samantha Lissette | Rose Cathedral (2008)
Reflective Rose Garden
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John Bottica | Frangipani (2010)
Potter Children’s Garden
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James Wright | Friend or Foe (2010)
Potter Children’s Garden
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Peter Lange | Camp site (2007)
South Lawn
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Jamie Pickernell | Bird Lady (2012)
South Lawn
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Peter Lange | Curmudgeon Suite (2010)
New Zealand Rose Garden
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James Wright | Ratiti Mya (2015)
Gondwana Collection
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Marte Szirmay | Seek (2015)
Rose Garden
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Samantha Lissette | (Big Bird) Egg Chair (2016)
South Lawn
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John Edgar | Font (2017)
Edible Garden
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Chris Moore | Entwined (2019)
Central Lawn – to be relocated.
- Dr Richard Cooper | Awhi Rito (2007) Palm Garden
- James Wright | Friend or Foe Potter Children’s Garden
- James Wright | The Boy, Kauri and Kereru Potter Children’s Garden