A laminated sign for the 2011 Festival of Flowers attached to a wooden planter. The plants in the planter are dry and dead. The photographer comments, "The theme for the 2011 Festival of Flowers was 'burst! of water'. The Christchurch February earthquake came and water and sand called liquefaction burst out of the ground all around the area. Ironically the plants for the festival were left unattended in the cordoned off red zone and they would have loved a little burst of water".
The Ellerslie International Flower Show opens in Christchurch today, a year after the February earthquake stopped the show.
A video about the preparation for the 2012 Ellerslie Flower Show in Hagley Park. The video includes interviews with Xiaohua Li, an Architecture and Landscape Design student at Lincoln University, Dave Mee, the Ellerslie Flower Show Managing Director, and Leona Murahidy.
Portaloos on the Pine Mound, part of Festival of Flowers. Side view of a portaloo that has some plants and flowers painted on it.
An entry from Ruth Gardner's blog for 19 February 2012 entitled, "Festival of Flowers".
Shows flowers at the Ellerslie Flowershow that represent various politicians. They are (from left) Mayor Bob Parker, Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (Cera) chief executive Roger Sutton, Gerry Brownlee Minister of Earthquake recovery, Tony Marryatt, the Christchurch council chief executive, former Nelson mayor Kerry Marshall appointed Crown observer to oversee city council issues, Christchurch City Councillor Aaron Keown, and Deputy Mayor Ngaire Button. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).
The gold medal winners of this year's Ellerslie International Flower show have been named in Christchurch, with many taking their inspiration from the February 22nd earthquake which cancelled last year's show.
On the one year anniversary of the February 22nd, flowers were placed in road cones across Christchurch to remember the earthquake victims. Flowers has been placed on a sign outside Satchmo Hairdressers.
Overgrown flowers in the CBD.
Flowers in the Botanic Gardens.
Cordon fence decorated with flowers.
Overgrown flowers in the CBD.
Flowers bloom in an overgrown section.
Flowers bloom in an overgrown section.
Flowers bloom in an overgrown section.
Flowers outside Ballantynes at Re:Start mall.
Decorative flowers pots in Re:Start mall.
Decorative flowers pots in Re:Start mall.
Flowers on the cordon fence on Hereford Street.
While most people are asleep at 5am in Christchurch, the city's florists and wholesalers are already hard at it, bidding for the best blooms. The industry has struggled after the earthquakes, but Katy Gosset finds enthusiasm levels high.
A video about the 2012 Ellerslie Flower Show in Hagley Park. The video includes an interview with Paul Roper-Gee, Exhibition Garden Gold Medal winner. It also includes an interview with Rachael Matthews, Emerging Designs Gold winner and Student Designer of the Year.
Flowers blooming in a vacant site left by the demolition of a building at the corner of Worcester Street and Stanmore Road. A sign on the ground says 'Commemorative service here Wed 22nd Feb. Bring flowers, seedheads and symbols of memory and hope". In the background, on the wall it says 'Do not demo!'.
Flowers planted in an upside-down road cone embedded in the soil.
A video of an interview with Mayumi Asakawa, a Japanese student from Kanagawa prefecture who was in Christchurch during the 22 February 2011 earthquake. Asakawa returned to Christchurch to ring the Peace Bell in the Botanic Gardens during the Festival of Flowers commemorative ceremony.
A banner for Ellerslie Internation Flower Show on the fence around the event,
A photograph of large wooden flowers erected on an empty site in Kaiapoi.
Flowers growing in an empty section left by the demolition of a building.
A heart-shape made out of stones and flowers in a demolition site.
Dead flowers lie on the plinth of the statue of John Robert Godley (Canterbury's founder).
Flowers blooming in a vacant site left by the demolition of a building in Edgeware.