The weather was ideal for Dame Patsy's visit to Government House Auckland's next door neighbour Eden Garden.
Once a quarry, thanks to the efforts of the Eden Garden Society and a host of volunteers the site is now a magnificent garden featuring some wonderful plant collections, including a host of very impressive bromeliads. There's also a butterfly breeding programme to help increase numbers of our native butterflies.
![Image of dame Patsy and a Yellow Admiral butterfly](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_full_column/public/2019-12/gg-nov19-edengardens%20123.jpg?itok=IeICNUvw)