A sculpture in the Botanic Gardens represents the ground moving in an earthquake.
A photograph of the Avon River near the Botanic Gardens.
A photograph of the Avon River near the Botanic Gardens.
Cracks along a gravel path in the Botanic Gardens.
Cracks along a gravel path in the Botanic Gardens.
A photograph of a tree in the Botanic Gardens which was uprooted during the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A large crack in a footpath at Christchurch Botanic Gardens.
A photograph of a band rotunda in the Botanic Gardens with tape cordoning off the area.
Felled trees in the Christchurch Botanic Gardens.
A felled tree in the Christchurch Botanic Gardens.
A damaged footpath through the children's playground in the Christchurch Botanic Gardens.
Two girls garden in the Lyttelton Petanque Club garden.
The Avon River in the Christchurch Botanic Gardens, photographed shortly after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
Felled trees near the Avon River in the Christchurch Botanic Gardens.
The swollen Avon River in the Christchurch Botanic Gardens, photographed shortly after the 22 February 2011 earthquake.
A felled tree in the Christchurch Botanic Gardens, near the children's playground.
A felled tree in the Christchurch Botanic Gardens, near the children's playground.
A felled tree in the Christchurch Botanic Gardens, near the children's playground.
A felled tree in the Christchurch Botanic Gardens, near the children's playground.
Felled trees in the Christchurch Botanic Gardens, near the children's playground.
Men lifting a car onto the back of a truck outside the Christchurch Botanic Gardens.
A video of an attempt to demolish a damaged garden wall by pulling it down with a tow-rope attached to a car.
A photograph of cracks along the footpath running next to the Avon River near the Botanic Gardens.
A photograph of cracks along the footpath running next to the Avon River near the Botanic Gardens.
A photograph of cracks along the footpath running next to the Avon River near the Botanic Gardens.
Under the trees in the Botanic Gardens was a 'Road Cone Art Competition', to see what sculptures the public could make out of a road cone.
Under the trees in the Botanic Gardens was a 'Road Cone Art Competition', to see what sculptures the public could make out of a road cone.
Workers at the entrance of the Vehicle Recovery Centre in the car park of the Christchurch Botanic Gardens.
An uprooted tree in the Christchurch Botanic Gardens. A red Treetech Specialist Tree Care Ltd truck is parked behind the tree.
People gathering in the Botanic Gardens after the 22 February 2011 earthquake. For many nearby businesses and organisations, the gardens were the meeting point during an emergency. To the right, the Peacock Fountain can just be seen with scaffolding around it.