Photo: Supplied by The Sculpture Park at Waitakaruru Arboretum
Some 20 minutes out of Hamilton is the culmination of 30 years of hard graft and a dream to plant trees.
Landowners John and Dorothy Wakeling bought a derelict quarry in the mid-1990s, and have since carried out an extensive planting campaign to transform the park into Waitakaruru Arboretum.
It has become one of the country's largest outdoor galleries with an array of quirky and attention-grabbing sculptures set throughout the park.
It didn't always go to plan, but they are now attracting 10,000 visitors a year and want more people to know about the venue. I spoke to them earlier, first asking about the early vision for the park.
Photo: Photo supplied by Waitakaruru Arboretum
