Arboretum

Orton Bradley was passionate about trees and in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century planted 150 species from around the globe. The fine old specimen trees in the vicinity of the former homestead and farm buildings were planted by him. However his interest in trees was more than merely aesthetic.

He experimented with the timber potential of a range of exotic trees, from planting establishment through to milling the timber.

The arboretum is primarily a conifer collection, and has expanded from experimental plantings in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Most of the plant groupings can be seen from the loop track. We have one of the largest macrocarpas in New Zealand. Its trunk diameter is over 4 metres.

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