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In case of nuclear holocaust - NZ's national arboretum, Eastwoodhill

Posted 22 01 2018

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Eastwoodhill - New Zealand's national arboretum could play a role in preserving species threatened by climate change
Eastwoodhill - New Zealand's national arboretum could play a role in preserving species threatened by climate change
Thomas Woltz speaks about Eastwoodhill

Eastwoodhill Arboretum was the life work of William Douglas Cook, a farmer who bought the original piece of land in 1910. He stayed 55 years before selling the property to Bill Williams.

It was later decided that Eastwoodhill should become a trust and in 1975 the Eastwoodhill Trust Act was passed, and cataloguing of the collection began.

Thomas Woltz and his firm, Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects, were engaged to develop a master plan to guide the arboretum into the next 100 years.

Watch Thomas speak about Eastwoodhill.