Wellington Botanic Garden

We were going to take the cable car from Lambton Quay,to the top of the gardens but the cable cars were closed for maintenance. We went to the top by taxi instead. From there we walked to the Lady Norwood Rose Garden where there is a tea house. A beautiful place to sit and enjoy the surroundings. So many roses! There is also the Peace Flame Garden which contains the preserved fires from the atomic holocaust at Hiroshima.
We only saw a small part of the gardens but would love to see the rest one day. I am therefore only going to mention the bits that I saw.
The Begonia House, Shop and Garden Cafe is self explanitory.
As we kept walking toward the city we were surprised to find a cemetry. Apparently, Bolton St., Memorial Park. The land was set aside in 1840 and for 50 years it was administered as three seperate cemetries - Church of England, Jewish and public. It was closed in 1892 except for new burials on existing family plots.
It was then closed to the public from 1968 to 1971. About 3,700 burials were exhumed to allow construction for the urban motorway. Most of the remains now lie in a large vault beneath the Early Settlers Memorial Lawn situated behind the chapel which is open daily 10a.m. to 4p.m.
I found this to be an extrodinary thing to find while walking through a botanical garden.