# Sunflowers and Honeycombs, a mural of Christchurch

A mural on the city’s public ground, standing in Somerfield.

The maker: Isabella Cobb

Suburb: [Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/somerfield)

From the air, an aerial view of Sunflowers and Honeycombs: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=memorial-sunflowers-and-honeycombs (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0).

## The ground under it

- [Graded TC3 ground](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories), Green Zone, Technical Category 3, Blue
- [The February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over this point](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction), mapped ground failure, a footprint, not a finding
- [The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study
- [The plan zones this ground Transport](https://www.chch.live/zones), T
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.4](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 22 February 2011 · ~300 m from the pin · 548 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.563757&lon=172.626336&radius=250

## Around it

- [Cashmere Riverbank Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1085-cashmere-riverbank-reserve), community park · ~400 m
- [Somerfield Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1210-somerfield-park), sports ground park · ~450 m
- [Walk and bike track through Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-467-somerfield), track · under 150 m
- [Walk and bike track through Spreydon](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-406-spreydon), track · ~300 m
- [Walk and bike track through Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-464-cashmere), track · ~450 m
- [Fairy Tern](https://www.chch.live/memorial/fairy-tern), monument · ~650 m
- [Community Pride Aotearoa](https://www.chch.live/memorial/community-pride-aotearoa), monument · 1.3 km
- [Flying Books](https://www.chch.live/memorial/flying-books), monument · 1.5 km
- [Under the Eaves](https://www.chch.live/memorial/under-the-eaves), monument · 1.8 km


## The reports nearby
552 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9013072), [18B Studholme St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/18b-studholme-street)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9005983), Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/9004259), [93 Barrington St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/93-barrington-street)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9000785), Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand
- [Accessibility](https://www.chch.live/report/8948564), [35A Tainui St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/35a-tainui-street)
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8940725), [36 Somerfield St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/36-somerfield-street)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8882943), [15 Somerfield St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/15-somerfield-street)
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/8861418), [54 Barrington St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/54-barrington-street)
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8861399), [20A Tainui St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/20a-tainui-street)
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8858016), [93 Barrington St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/93-barrington-street)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8856854), [60 Barrington Street, Somerfield Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/60-barrington-street)
- [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8827956), [192 Rose St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/192-rose-street)

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Sunflowers and Honeycombs?**

A mural in the open map’s record of Christchurch, standing in [Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/somerfield). The map credits Isabella Cobb.

**Where does Sunflowers and Honeycombs stand?**

In Somerfield, the pin is the map’s own position. The register keeps no listed place within 300m of it.

**Is the pin on the map exact?**

It’s OpenStreetMap’s position, a surveyed-looking point, but a volunteer map’s one. Nearby ground and register places are neighbours, not the same record.


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The position and the tags are OpenStreetMap’s, a named node or way tagged memorial or artwork inside the city boundary (ODbL). Maker, material and date fields are the mapper’s own, kept verbatim; a listing is a lead, not a catalogue record.
The page: https://www.chch.live/memorial/sunflowers-and-honeycombs
Every monument as data: https://www.chch.live/memorials.geojson
The quiet ground: https://www.chch.live/cemetery
