Miramar Prison Garden

Growing food and history for over 130 years

Located at the top of

Mataimoana | Mt Crawford, on

Te Motu Kairangi | Miramar Peninsula, in Wellington, New Zealand.

Visitors and new members welcome

Famous in Miramar

In September 2023, we worked with three teams of film students from Massey University to capture and celebrate the stories of people with deep connection to the gardens and the land that surrounds them.

Watch the films

Contact

1 Main Road, Maupuia, Wellington 6022, New Zealand

miramarprisongarden@gmail.com

Miramar Prison Garden historic greenhouse

Sharing the history of the Miramar Prison Garden across the ditch

Australian Garden History journal recently featured an article by Dr Clare Gleeson, a Wellington-based historian, gardener, and a regular...

A VIP visit to the garden: A Very Important (ex) Prisoner

All community gardens are special. They bring people together across generational, cultural, and philosophical boundaries. But every now...

A compost boost from the Microgreen team

A few months back, we were approached by Oliver and Megan from the Microgreen Team. Having established a new urban farm down on the flat...

Latest from the Garden Diary

Sunlight through the storm in the puriri garden.

Habitat for Life by local artists Manju Tomar and Ruth Robertson Taylor

Alison and team feeding visitors with flower petals and honey from the garden's resident bees.

Delicious coconut jellies with edible flowers.

Kate welcomes visitors to the Nature Play Day

What could be sweeter than petals with honey?

Joakim Liman sharing his knowledge of the biodiversity of Matiamoana.

What the peninsula probably looked like before human settlement.

Our resident bees, dressed up for the occasion.