OMG. The Wel­ling­ton Botan­ic Gar­dens, cur­rently teem­ing with life and col­our and gen­er­al spring­time joy, gets a men­tion on an upcom­ing epis­ode of The Simpsons, the first of the new series.

The epis­ode guest stars loc­al boys made good Bret and Jemaine Conchords, and the pair use the Botan­ic Gar­dens good name for great lolz:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJkdPbpoc5s

And remem­ber the annu­al Spring Fest­iv­al is cur­rently hap­pen­ing at the Botan­ic Gar­dens, so why not take the oppor­tun­ity to frol­lick in the spring blooms and say you were down with the gar­dens before they were fam­ous.