page_title: Domain Wintergardens
section_title: Renovations
hierarchical_section_title: Domain Wintergardens / History / Renovations
caption_attribution_description: English: The Winter Gardens in the Auckland Domain, eastern-side building, looking north-west. Auckland City, New Zealand.
context_page_description: The Domain Wintergardens is a complex of gardens located within the Auckland Domain. It is registered with the New Zealand Historic Places Trust as a Category I historic place.
context_section_description: Many of the statues in the courtyard were added in 1945, and the sunken pond in the centre of the gardens was installed in 1954.
  A significant reconstruction project was undertaken during 1993 and 1994 to renovate the Wintergardens.
  On 1 December 2013, the Tropical House of the Wintergardens became the first place in New Zealand to have the giant Amorphophallus titanum in flower. This plant can take 10 years to flower, with the flower smelling of rotting flesh.
caption: An exterior view of the wintergardens.
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