To visit the garden our Charitable Organisation requires visitors to pay an admission fee. Admission fees can be found here - these fees help our organisation immensely, all proceeds go back into the garden maintenance and operations.

2024 Events Schedule 

• Tulip Festival - 31st August & 1st September.
• Ikebana Exhibition - 21st & 22nd September.

Garden Closure Dates

• Matariki - Friday 28th June.
• Christmas / New Year Closure - Saturday 21st December to 7th January 2025.

Known as Auckland's 'hidden gem', come and discover our stunning memorial garden in the heart of Auckland. Developed by volunteers, Eden Garden has become an award-winning destination with beautiful plant collections that always provide something in bloom.  Use of eco-friendly methods to control weeds encourages a thriving bio-diversity to encourage native fauna, geckos, wetas, insects, birds and butterflies.

Come and visit the garden for some inspiration and fresh air - we are open from Tuesday - Sunday 9am - 4pm.

As a charitable organisation we appreciate your support with donations and bequests. You can support Eden Garden by becoming a member, visiting our cafe, booking functions and celebrating the lives of loved ones with memorials. This assists with garden operations and ensures families can continue to visit their loved ones.

Thank you for your continued support by visiting Eden Garden.

About Eden Garden

Eden Garden as we know it, on the slopes of Auckland's Mt Eden, had its beginnings in July 1964. A history of its very early days would go back more than 20,000 years, when the site of Auckland today was a field of about forty active volcanos. In more recent times, following the founding of Auckland in 1840, most of the cones were quarried and taken to build the city which has risen where once they stood. A quarry on Mt Eden, abandoned in 1928, was later purchased by a city business man, Sir Frank Mappin, as an addition to his neighbouring estate. When, in 1962, Sir Frank presented his home to the nation as a vice-regal residence, the Government of the day rejected the old quarry, not an overgrown wilderness, as an eyesore and embarrassment. Two years later, a far-sighted horticulturist, Mr Jack Clark, with fifteen fellow enthusiasts, took on the task of converting it into a garden. What you see today is the results of his vision.

Developed by volunteer workers who give freely of their time maintaining established areas, planning and working on further development, Eden Garden is now a national showplace. (Most of the Garden paths you tread commemorate Society members, prominent in that development.) Today, the 5.5 acres (2.25 hectare) Garden features mature trees and flowering shrubs with splendid collections of camellias, azaleas and rhododendrons.

Calender of attractions

JANUARY - Jacaranda, Russelia, Hibiscus, Brunfelsias, Fuchsias, Hydrangeas, Clematis, Magnolia

FEBRUARY - Hibiscus, Bouganvillea, Luculia

MARCH - Sasanqua Camellias, Hibiscus, Brunfelsias (Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow)

APRIL - Sasanqua Camellias, Autumn foliage

MAY - Sasanqua Camellias, Autumn foliage, Azaleas, Daphne

JUNE - Japonica Camellias, Azaleas, Daphne

JULY - Japonica Camellias, Azaleas, Daphne, Prunus campanulata (Taiwan cherries), Reticulata Camellias, Michelia

AUGUST - Japonica Camellias, Reticulata Camellias, Azaleas, Michelia, Rhododendrons, Magnolias, Pieris, Tulips

SEPTEMBER - Cedrela sinesis (Toon Trees), Camellias, Rhododendrons, Magnolias, Acers (Maples), Flowering Cherries, Azaleas, Xeronema (Poor Knight's Lily), Clivias, Tulips

OCTOBER - Rhododendrons, Grevilleas, Proteas, Cedrela sinensis (Toon Trees), Xeronema (Poor Knight's Lily), Clivias, Talauma, Acers (Maples)

NOVEMBER - Pohutakawas, Hymenosporum, Water lilies, Grevilleas, Arthropodium (Reinga Lily), Brunfelsias (Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow)

DECEMBER - Pohutakawas, Water lilies, Arthropodium (Reinga Lily), Fuschias, Brunfelsias (Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow).