Gisborne Botanical Gardens

The Gisborne Botanical Gardens nowadays occupy 5.1 hectares (0.051 km2) between Aberdeen Road and the Taruheru River.

In that year a recreational reserve of 2.55 hectares (0.0255 km2) was created, just outside the city boundary beside Taruheru River.

In 1978 Mr and Mrs J.B. Greig bequeathed their Cacti collection to Council.

A glass house was built in the Botanical Gardens to provide space for this collection.

The andesite boulders from Te Puke represent the mountains around Palm Desert.