Their mission is to "Encourage and improve
horticulture in New Zealand by promoting the understanding, appreciation, conservation and use of plants". The New Zealand Gardens Trust (NZGT) is an organisation set up in 2004 by the Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture. According to its website, the NZGT "promotes the best in New Zealand gardens and horticulture" and runs a system to assess gardens that the public can visit and provide visitors with information on those gardens. ==See also==