Wellington Gardens

Focus Area: Landscapes and Horticulture Completed Planned

Landscapes and Horticulture

Ensure 25% of all lawn/garden maintenance equipment is electric (by end of 2028)

Ensure that 50% pesticides and fertilizers used are not derived from fossil fuels

Reduce lawn areas by 10% and encourage native plant replacements

Support reforestation to sequester carbon

Additional Goals for This Institution

Buildings and Energy

Eliminate all onsite fossil-fuel combustion to heat buildings (except backup generators)

Decarbonize your glasshouse facility (by end of 2028)

Water

Food Service

Transportation

Waste

Investments

Internal and External Engagement

Research

Additional Information

Wellington Gardens is comprised of four garden spaces: Wellington Botanic Garden, Otari Wiltons Bush, Truby King Park, and Bolton Street Cemetery.

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