powerco taranaki garden spectacular

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· Some information about the festival
· The Love and respect for nature is one of the most striking characteristics of New Zealand culture.
· In this sense, this tradition is a legacy of the Maori, indigenous peoples who were the first inhabitants of the country more than 1000 years ago.
· Therefore, New Zealanders usually do many outdoor activities, such as camping, exploring islands, waterfalls, and we can even mention events that take place outdoors, such as the Powerco Taranaki Garden Spectacular
· The annual ten day festival showcases some of New Zealand’s most stunning private and public gardens and is the longest running garden festival in New Zealand. Festival visitors can experience a diverse events programme, an exclusive landscape design project, guided walks, a garden celebrity speaker series and more!
· Taranaki grows more than 1,000 species of rhododendrons. The annual festival in late October and early November was sparked by them, but has morphed into a large- scale garden 'spectacular', with up to eighty gardens in the district being open for viewing.