Ashgrove reserve is a 3.5 hectare Council park on the corner of AshgroveTerrace and Ferniehurst Street that has been "adopted" by Lower Cashmere Residents Association, in 2017.
Residents have fond memories of the cascade of water through rock-edged pools. After the Christchurch earthquakes the natural spring water failed.
The collection of trees from further north are still ...more ↓
Ashgrove reserve is a 3.5 hectare Council park on the corner of AshgroveTerrace and Ferniehurst Street that has been "adopted" by Lower Cashmere Residents Association, in 2017.
Residents have fond memories of the cascade of water through rock-edged pools. After the Christchurch earthquakes the natural spring water failed.
The collection of trees from further north are still rarely planted in Christchurch: kauri, tanekaha, wharangi, karaka, rewarewa.
The kahikatea, totara, mahoe, titoki, horoeka, lacebarks, and karaka are producing seedlings. Korimako, piwakawaka and riroriro are commonly seen or heard in this small patch of mature native trees.
The Council brochure states:
"This reserve is not a remnant of original native bush but
was planted by Alfred Smart. Smart began planting
native seedlings, which he had collected from the
West Coast and Mt Grey, in 1906. He also constructed
several ponds on the property, containing up to 5000
goldfish. When the property came up for sale in 1963
the Christchurch City Council, with the help of several
other organisations, bought it for the city. The reserve
contains good specimens of native trees including
kahikatea, rimu, cabbage trees (ti kouka), a single kauri,
tree ferns (punga), five finger (puahou), totara, New
Zealand flax (harakeke) and ferns. (http://resources.ccc.govt.nz/files/cityleisure/parkswalkways/walks/heathcoteriverwalks-walks.pdf)
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Ashgrove reserve, Christchurch
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created this project on May 5, 2017
