Formal Gardens | Tree Park | Wilderness Reserves | Contacts
What Do We Do Now?
The District’s main formal gardens are in Victoria Park and Queen Street, Waimate. They consist mainly of annual garden displays, shrubberies, tree plantings and perennial displays. Local Government Centre and Queen Street garden plots contain a mixture of trees, shrubs and annual plantings.
Cnr State Hwy 1 & 82, Centrewood, St Andrews, Makikihi, Glenavy, Urban thresholds, Totara forest are all native planted areas.
Stadium, Queen Street and Gorge Road are shrub and tree gardens.
Tasks
Tasks are the routine matters that Council will attend to every year, in order to maintain service levels set in agreement with our community.
- Maintain attractive displays at Victoria and Knottingley Parks, LGC building, Queen Street, Waimate Stadium and various Urban thresholds
- Maintain Council street plantings and reserves
Why Do We Do It?
Waimate District Council provide these reserves for recreational and leisure purposes for Waimate community and visitors to the district. Community pride and public expectation is that council continues to provide these reserves.
Our Service Levels
To complete planting of annual flowering display twice yearly. Spring planting by the end of April, Summer planting by the end of November.
To provide a high maintenance standard in all these areas.
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What Do We Do Now?
The main tree park is in Knottingley Park, Waihao Back Road, Waimate, and 2km from the town centre on an area of 33.59ha. Michael and John Studholme gifted Knottingley Park in 1874 to the Waimate District. The 33.59 ha have been extensively planted, which attracts the attention of many visitors.
A voluntary organisation call Friends of Knottingley Park also assists in the maintenance and development of the park.
On 17th July 2004, on the anniversary of 150 years since European settlement in Waimate, approx 26 trees were planted in an extension to Knottingley Park on Morgans Road including one planted by Prime Minister Rt Hon Helen Clark.
Tasks
Tasks are the routine matters that Council will attend to every year, in order to maintain service levels set in agreement with our community.
- Maintain and develop Knottingley Park using a partnership of Council resources plus groups such as ‘Friends of Knottingley Park’.
Why Do We Do It?
Waimate District Council provide these reserves for recreational and leisure purposes for local community and visitors to the district.
Our Service Levels
Each year to plant at least 20 species of trees to reflect the concept of establishing an arboretum in Knottingley Park.
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What Do We Do Now?
This is a newly recognised activity of Council.
Parcels of land may be owned by Council as Reserves adjacent to waterways and in rural areas. They are maintained to appropriate standards relative to their intended use.
Tasks
Tasks are the routine matters that Council will attend to every year, in order to maintain service levels set in agreement with our community.
- Mow grass and maintain plantings using Parks and Reserves Staff, a major roading contractor or individual local contractors.
- Consultation with IAOs (Influencing Agency and Organisations) such as NZ Historic Places Trust, QEII Trust, Environment Canterbury, local Maori etc.
Why Do We Do It?
For purposes of environmental protection, and to preserve areas of unique botanical, historical or geological importance.
Our Service Levels?
To create a management plan for the maintenance and extension of Wilderness Reserves.
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Parks Superintendent - +64 274 392 759 or +64 3 689 8079
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