Botanical Gardens

The Trip to the Botanical Gardens

My sister shouted deafeningly,  ”Hurry up, or else you will miss the bus!”   I realised it was already 7.45am!  I quickly jumped out of bed and got dressed before she shouted again. It was really loud that she woke up the whole neighbourhood.

As soon as I got to school, we took our bags and hopped into the bus. It was not just an ordinary bus but it was a double-decker bus! When the bus moved, everybody turned into a chitty-chatty mood. It didn’t take long till we arrived.

We left the bus and headed into the Auckland Botanical Garden’s courtyard to have morning tea.

After morning tea, an instructress named Caroline lead us into a cosy classroom. We learnt about native, endemic and exotic plants. We also learnt about weeds. We played a little game too. It was when you picked a picture that represented New Zealand.

Next we headed to the Children’s Garden. Caroline read us a story about Tui. We put on mossy spray so we wouldn’t have itchy bites. After we had a magic moment to calm us down and to listen to the forest. We heard the cicadas rubbing its legs together to make melodious sounds. Later we got laminated cards and we had to identify the plant in the garden.

After that, we went near a creek to gather Kowhai seed pods. Caroline taught us how to make sure the seeds inside the seed pods were healthy. Next we went to the Garden Centre. She taught us how to plant Harakeke, putting the seeds in the yoghurt pots, or pruning or prickling. You have to choose two ways we wanted to do.

After, we went back to the courtyard and had lunch. The tables were very fascinating, they looked liked the tables in Narnia. We had a rest for a little while and soon we planned a bushwalk. It was very tiring. We went through the Edible Garden and the Rose Garden. With our cameras, we took photos. We also saw a wedding happening. Finally we had to go back into the courtyard and to get back to school. So we hopped back into the bus and off we went.

By Amy