A photograph of a musical instrument created from empty fire extinguisher canisters, at Sound Garden. Sound Garden was a Greening the Rubble project created by local artist-musicians and launched as part of FESTA 2013.
A photograph of Coralie Winn (right) and a young girl playing a large drum at the launch of Sound Garden, during FESTA 2013. Sound Garden was a Greening the Rubble project created by local artist-musicians from recycled materials.
A photograph of local artist Jason Ware (left) and others playing handmade instruments at the launch of Sound Garden, during FESTA 2013. Sound Garden was a Greening the Rubble project created by local artist-musicians from recycled materials.
A photograph of a young person wearing a jester hat, playing a large drum at the launch of Sound Garden, during FESTA 2013. Sound Garden was a Greening the Rubble project created by local artist-musicians from recycled materials.
A photograph of a young person playing a musical instrument created from street signs, at Sound Garden. Sound Garden was a Greening the Rubble project created by local artist-musicians from recycled materials and launched as part of FESTA 2013.
A photograph of Coralie Winn (right) and a young girl playing a large drum at the launch of Sound Garden, during FESTA 2013. Sound Garden was a Greening the Rubble project created by local artist-musicians from recycled materials.
A photograph of Coralie Winn (right) and a young girl playing a large drum at the launch of Sound Garden, during FESTA 2013. Sound Garden was a Greening the Rubble project created by local artist-musicians from recycled materials.
A photograph of a young person playing a musical instrument created from street signs, at Sound Garden. Sound Garden was a Greening the Rubble project created by local artist-musicians from recycled materials and launched as part of FESTA 2013.
A photograph of a man playing a musical instrument created from empty fire extinguisher canisters, at the launch of Sound Garden. Sound Garden was a Greening the Rubble project created by local artist-musicians from recycled materials. It was launched as part of FESTA 2013.
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Gap Filler Chess set on Colombo Street, Sydenham".
A photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Gap Filler Chess set on Colombo Street, Sydenham".
A photograph of workers clearing rubble from a partially-demolished wall. The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Gloucester Street".
A photograph of Wayne Youle's mural 'I Seem to Have Temporarily Misplaced My Sense of Humour' (2012). The photograph is captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Art installation at an empty site on Colombo Street, Sydenham".
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Corner of Salisbury and Victoria Streets - Greening the Rubble".
A temporary public space created by Greening the Rubble. The space is on Gloucester Street and includes three giant green armchairs and a coffee table. The road has been spray-painted with daisies.
Outdoor seating and the garden outside the Coffee Zone kiosk in Sydenham. This garden was a project supported by Greening the Rubble.
The garden and seating area outside the Coffee Zone shack on Colombo Street. This was put together by the Greening the Rubble community project.
Plant beds made out of corrugated iron, greening the empty building sites along Colombo Street. These were placed here by Greening the Rubble, a community project in Christchurch to create temporary public parks and gardens on the sites of demolished buildings.
Within four weeks of the September 4 2010 Canterbury Earthquake a new, loosely-knit community group appeared in Christchurch under the banner of “Greening the Rubble.” The general aim of those who attended the first few meetings was to do something to help plug the holes that had already appeared or were likely to appear over the coming weeks in the city fabric with some temporary landscaping and planting projects. This article charts the first eighteen months of Greening the Rubble and places the initiative in a broader context to argue that although seismic events in Christchurch acted as a “call to palms,” so to speak, the city was already in need of some remedial greening. It concludes with a reflection on lessons learned to date by GTR and commentary on the likely issues ahead for this new mini-social-environmental movement in the context of a quake-affected and still quake-prone major New Zealand city. One of the key lessons for GTR and all of those involved in Christchurch recovery activities to date is that the city is still very much in the middle of the event and is to some extent a laboratory for seismic and agency management studies alike.
The seating and garden area outside the Coffee Zone shack on Colombo Street. This is a Gap Filler space and the garden has been put together by Greening the Rubble.
Photographs of the Brick Art unveiling, Greening the Rubble, on the former Asko site - corner of Victoria and Salisbury Streets, Christchurch 8 February 2011. From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries CCL-Brickart-2011-IMG_2482
Photographs of the Brick Art unveiling, Greening the Rubble, on the former Asko site - corner of Victoria and Salisbury Streets, Christchurch 8 February 2011. From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries CCL-Brickart-2011-IMG_2462
Photographs of the Brick Art unveiling, Greening the Rubble, on the former Asko site - corner of Victoria and Salisbury Streets, Christchurch 8 February 2011. From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries CCL-Brickart-2011-IMG_2485
Photographs of the Brick Art unveiling, Greening the Rubble, on the former Asko site - corner of Victoria and Salisbury Streets, Christchurch 8 February 2011. From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries CCL-Brickart-2011-IMG_2487
Photographs of the Brick Art unveiling, Greening the Rubble, on the former Asko site - corner of Victoria and Salisbury Streets, Christchurch 8 February 2011. From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries CCL-Brickart-2011-IMG_2478
Photographs of the Brick Art unveiling, Greening the Rubble, on the former Asko site - corner of Victoria and Salisbury Streets, Christchurch 8 February 2011. From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries CCL-Brickart-2011-IMG_2495
Photographs of the Brick Art unveiling, Greening the Rubble, on the former Asko site - corner of Victoria and Salisbury Streets, Christchurch 8 February 2011. From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries CCL-Brickart-2011-IMG_2483
Photographs of the Brick Art unveiling, Greening the Rubble, on the former Asko site - corner of Victoria and Salisbury Streets, Christchurch 8 February 2011. From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries CCL-Brickart-2011-IMG_2467
Photographs of the Brick Art unveiling, Greening the Rubble, on the former Asko site - corner of Victoria and Salisbury Streets, Christchurch 8 February 2011. From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries CCL-Brickart-2011-IMG_2492
Photographs of the Brick Art unveiling, Greening the Rubble, on the former Asko site - corner of Victoria and Salisbury Streets, Christchurch 8 February 2011. From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries CCL-Brickart-2011-IMG_2466