Friday 22 February 2013. Flowers in road cones on corner of Hercules and Sabina Streets, Shirley, Christchurch. File reference: CCL-2013-02-22-River-of-FlowersDSC_03416.JPG From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Friday 22 February 2013. Flowers in road cones on corner of Hercules and Sabina Streets, Shirley, Christchurch. File reference: CCL-2013-02-22-River-of-FlowersDSC_03415.JPG From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Friday 22 February 2013. Flowers in road cones on corner of Hercules and Sabina Streets, Shirley, Christchurch. File reference: CCL-2013-02-22-River-of-FlowersDSC_03417.JPG From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Friday 22 February 2013. File reference: CCL-2013-02-22-River-of-FlowersDSC_03413.JPG From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Friday 22 February 2013. Horseshoe Lake, Christchurch. File reference: CCL-2013-02-22-River-of-FlowersDSC_03402.JPG From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Friday 22 February 2013. File reference: CCL-2013-02-22-River-of-FlowersDSC_03412.JPG From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Friday 22 February 2013. File reference: CCL-2013-02-22-River-of-FlowersDSC_03405.JPG From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Friday 22 February 2013. File reference: CCL-2013-02-22-River-of-FlowersDSC_03406.JPG From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Friday 22 February 2013. File reference: CCL-2013-02-22-River-of-FlowersDSC_03408.JPG From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Friday 22 February 2013. File reference: CCL-2013-02-22-River-of-FlowersDSC_03411.JPG From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Friday 22 February 2013. Official Supported Site for River of Flowers: Horseshoe Lake Riverbank on Lake Terrace Road, opposite the bus stop between Oregon and Tangmere Places Hosted by: Burwood Primary School and Community. File reference: CCL-2013-02-22-River-of-FlowersDSC_03401.JPG From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries. ...
Friday 22 February 2013. File reference: CCL-2013-02-22-River-of-FlowersDSC_03414.JPG From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Friday 22 February 2013. File reference: CCL-2013-02-22-River-of-FlowersDSC_03404.JPG From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Flowers and tributes left on the fence surrounding the CTV site. A sign reads "Please respect this site" and outlines how tributes will be preserved.
Friday 22 February 2013. File reference: CCL-2013 -02-22-IMG_4062 From the collection of Christchurch City Libraries.
Tributes left on the cordon fence around the CTV Building site.
Tributes left on the cordon fence around the CTV Building site.
Flowers and tributes left on the fence surrounding the CTV site.
Flowers and tributes left on the fence surrounding the CTV site.
Flowers and tributes left on the fence surrounding the CTV site.
Flowers and tributes left on the fence surrounding the CTV site.
Flowers and tributes left on the fence surrounding the CTV site.
A tribute left on the cordon fence around the CTV Building site. The card reads, "Heather Meadows, 'Our Heather', 'Our Mum'
A tribute left on the cordon fence around the CTV Building site. The card has a poem entitled "Message from Christchurch".
Poetica is a series of large-scale paintings of 20 different poems in twenty different languages, paying tribute to the different nationalities lost in the Christchurch earthquake.
A tribute left on the cordon fence around the CTV Building site. The card shows a photograph of Donna Manning in front of the CTV "Let's Go Shopping" logo, and reads, "Miss you! Your sis, Pam".
A tribute left on the cordon fence around the CTV Building site. The card shows a photograph of rescuers working on the CTV site, and reads, "Some of the guys who found you!! Thank you!".
After the shock and dust settled from the earthquakes, two friends, Helen Solomons and Wendy Riley, felt so strongly over the loss of the city's historic heart, they decided to put their skills to use and create this living tribute to it on the web.