Rough morning as Ilana is still sick. Brevin jumped on a scooter to get meds at the pharmacy, and sausage rolls for strength. We headed to the Hamilton Gardens, a zoo for plants — better than a botanical garden, an amusement park for botanists. They had different themes of garden displays from around the world, like Chinese, Indian, sustainable kitchen, contemporary art garden, etc. Pretty spectacular as far as gardens grow. They also have super cool tall and skinny trees that are heretofore known as Plunkberry trees. They also have grass like the thneed trees in The Lorax. I would say this is one of the top gardens to ever be gardened, not just in New Zealand, but in all the lands.
Ilana then passed out on the lawn for an hour, immediately post coffee and ‘chocolate caramel slice’ at the garden cafe. Most peaceful hour ever. We then headed to downtown Hamilton for dumplings and a movie (Jo Jo Rabbit). Brevin was a fan, Ilana was less of a fan.
