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Botanic Gardens

Botanic · 21 ha

From the air

aerial view of Botanic Gardens and the ground around it
From the air, LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0

Where it sits

Its centre falls inside Christchurch Central City, suburb membership is a centroid call, not a claim the whole park lies inside the outline.

The camping bylaw names this ground, Christchurch Urban Restricted Area: two nights in certified self-contained vehicles only. The zone drawings sit at /rules.

More green in Christchurch Central City

The register on this ground

Heritage-register places whose pin falls inside the park's drawn outline, what stood here, or still does.

What’s built on this ground

A playground stands here, the register counts 51 pieces of play equipment (15 platforms, 7 ladders, 4 climbing-walls, 3 cube/bead sets, 3 swings, 3 slides, 2 tunnel slides, 2 swing bridges and 2 other kinds) plus 2 modular units on a marked playground ground, the highest rated fall 2 m.

Also on the register: 166 seats (127 benches and 39 seats), 8 picnic tables, 5 drinking fountains and 2 water features.

The register’s commission dates run 1998 to 2026.

The register’s site tag names this park, and its pins stand inside the drawn outline, two views of the same ground.

The register’s photograph of the equipmentThe register’s photograph of the equipment

The monuments on this ground

Memorial and artwork pins that stand inside the park's drawn outline, where the register put them, not a claim about the ground's story.

The plaques on this ground

Inscribed plaques whose pin stands inside the park's drawn outline, the remembered names the register keeps here.

The tracks through it

Track lines whose drawn course enters the park’s outline, measured against the line itself, not a buffer around it.

The reports on this ground

469 reports pinned inside the park's drawn outline, most often Trees & parks and Graffiti & vandalism, 349 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the whole park.

  • Traffic Signals, 49 Rolleston Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand · 3 October 2026
  • Park - General Request, New Zealand Icon Garden, Water Garden Riccarton Avenue, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand · 29 September 2026
  • Graffiti on a playground or in a park, New Zealand Icon Garden, Water Garden Riccarton Avenue, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand · 29 September 2026
  • Animal - Domestic, Canterbury, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand · 10 September 2026
  • General Request, 6 Riccarton Avenue, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand · 10 September 2026
  • Playground Equipment, 8 Riccarton Avenue, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand · 1 September 2026
  • Damaged Street Sign, 57 Rolleston Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand · 25 August 2026
  • Roads - General, 7 Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand · 24 August 2026
  • Public Toilet, 8 Riccarton Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand · 17 August 2026
  • Playground Equipment, 8 Riccarton Avenue, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand · 17 August 2026
  • Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art, 7 Rolleston Avenue, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand · 14 August 2026
  • Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art, 2 Worcester Boulevard, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8013, New Zealand · 13 August 2026

Environment Canterbury / Canterbury Maps, Parks layer · refreshed 10 October 2026.

What stood on this ground before → · On the map →

Questions, answered briefly

How big is Botanic Gardens?

21 hectares by the layer’s own polygon.

Where is Botanic Gardens?

Its centre falls inside Christchurch Central City, a centroid call, not a claim the whole park lies inside the outline.

What kind of place is Botanic Gardens?

Botanic.

Are there tracks through Botanic Gardens?

2 lines enter the drawn outline, listed above, measured against the line itself, not a buffer.