The Chinese Garden origins come from a desire to celebrate the city’s Chinese heritage and its valuable sister city relationship with Shanghai.If you think one visit is enough, you’ll be pleasantly surprised. The Garden changes with the seasons and vistas and hidden corners appear unexpectedly so you see something different every time you visit.

Come and relax, drink tea, bring a picnic, try some puzzles and games or simply wander and soak up tranquillity of the only truly authentic Chinese Scholar’s Garden in the Southern Hemisphere.

The garden is open daily from 10am–5pm. Closed Christmas Day.

Location
The Dunedin Chinese Garden is on the corner of Rattray and Cumberland Streets, opposite Queens Gardens and beside the Toitū Otago Settlers’ Museum. It is within easy walking distance of the Octagon and the Dunedin Railway Station.

Parking
The Garden has a free car park and there is on-street parking along all the streets in the area, some paid, some free. Bus parking is also available in front of the Toitū Otago Settlers Museum.

Costs

Annual Passes

Annual Passes are only available from the Chinese Garden ticket office, and are non-transferable. You need to complete an application form and we take your photograph to store with your record, to identify you as the card holder on subsequent visits. This entitles you to unlimited access to the Garden over a 12 month period including Garden festival entry.