Visitors to the Japanese tea house at Bason Botanic Gardens will soon be able to enjoy the "contemplative walk" that is part of the tea ceremony cultural experience.
The tea house was moved to the gardens in April 2015 from the former Nagaizumi-Wanganui Friendship Centre in Duncan St. However, pedestrian access to the tea house has been a concern with visitors having to walk on the roadway or down a steep bank.
Bason Botanic Gardens Trust chairman Terry Dowdeswell said a new walkway is being constructed from the area known as picnic flat alongside the ring road to the tea house.
"It's wonderful to see this section of walkway finally getting under way and it is another step toward completion of a walking route around the entire lake.
"The tea house 'came home' to a place of peace and nature when it moved to Bason Botanic Gardens and the new walkway will complete that move.