Permanent collection
There is art to enjoy every day at the Auckland Botanic Gardens with permanent sculptures displayed within the plant collections. Grab a ‘Permanent Sculpture’ brochure from the Huakaiwaka Visitor Centre to plan your walk around them, or simply come across them as you wander.
This significant sculpture collection, now numbering 27 works, has been built up over 20 years, and funded by the Friends of the Auckland Botanic Gardens and other generous benefactors. Each art work has a story and a connection to its garden surroundings.
If you are visiting to walk the current Sculpture in the Gardens exhibition, many of these permanent sculptures can also be seen along the way. Pick up a brochure when you arrive at the Gardens.
Please scroll down to see our map of where all the works are in the Botanic Gardens.
Fred Graham, Manu Torino, 2005. Huakaiwaka Visitor Centre
Jim Wheeler, Object of Devotion, 2011. Huakaiwaka Visitor Centre
James Wright, Nikau (concept – Maui ‘Atalanga ‘Ofamo’oni), 2005. Huakaiwaka Visitor Centre
Llew Summers, Butterfly, 2008. Butterfly Lawn
John Edgar, Font, 2017. Edible Garden
Virginia King, Waka, 2001. Threatened Native Plant Garden
Bing Dawe, Tuna, 2013. Threatened Native Plants Garden
Fred Graham, The Web, 2014. Native Plants Garden
Colleen Ryan Priest, Caught in the Act of Losing You, 2019. Threatened Native Plants Garden
Regan Gentry, Splayed, 2012. Native Ideas Garden
Chris Moore, Entwined, 2019. Native Plant Ideas
Dr Richard Cooper, Awhi Rito, 2007. Palm Garden
Jeff Thomson, Topiary, 2007. Urban Trees
Richard Mathieson, Turn, 2007. Pohutukawa Walkway
Samantha Lissette, Big Bird Egg Chair, 2016. South Lawn
Peter Lange, Camp site, 2007. South Lawn
Jamie Pickernell, Bird Lady, 2012. South Lawn
Jane Downes, BeeHaven, 2021
Llew Summers, To the End of Love, 2015. Rose Garden
Samantha Lissette, Rose Cathedral, 2008. Reflective Rose Garden
Peter Lange, Curmudgeon Suite, 2010. New Zealand Rose Garden
James Wright, Ratiti Mya, 2015. Gondwana Collection
Marté Szirmay, Seek, 2015. Rose Garden
James Wright, Friend or Foe, 2010. Potter Children’s Garden
John Bottica, Frangipani, 2010. Potter Children’s Garden
James Wright, The Boy, Kauri and Kereru, 2016. Potter Children’s Garden
Richard Mathieson, Reservoirs, 2021. Perennial Garden