# Donated by the Friends of Edmonds Factory Garden Inc., a plaque of Waltham A plaque of the city, standing at Edmonds Factory Garden in Waltham, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > DONATED BY THE FRIENDS OF EDMONDS FACTORY GARDEN INC. 24 FEBRUARY 2008 The surveyor’s transcription, casing, spelling and typos as read off the plaque. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record. - The ground: [Edmonds Factory Garden](https://www.chch.live/park/1594-edmonds-factory-garden), the park it stands on - The suburb: [Waltham](https://www.chch.live/waltham) - The year the register carries: 2009 - Rides on: seat - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20090911/00377/R0070149.jpg ## The ground’s other names - [In Memory of Mrs Doris Basher 1912–2004 1st Life Member](https://www.chch.live/plaque/65791-edmonds-factory-garden), “IN MEMORY OF MRS DORIS BASHER 1912–2004 1ST LIFE MEMBER OF THE FRIENDS OF EDMOND…” - [The Sun Is Always Sure to Rise — Sundial — Donated](https://www.chch.live/plaque/65794-edmonds-factory-garden), “THE SUN IS ALWAYS SURE TO RISE — SUNDIAL — DONATED BY FRIENDS OF EDMONDS FACTORY…” - [This Tree Commemorates the Re-Opening of the Edmonds](https://www.chch.live/plaque/65852-edmonds-factory-garden), “THIS TREE COMMEMORATES THE RE-OPENING OF THE EDMONDS FACTORY GARDENS BY MAYOR VI…” - [In Loving Memory of Ruth & Crosby Moran](https://www.chch.live/plaque/65858-edmonds-factory-garden), “IN LOVING MEMORY OF RUTH & CROSBY MORAN ... HEAD GARDENER 1951–1954” - [Edmonds Factory Garden plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310916-edmonds-factory-garden), its words filed unknown ## In the archive - [Documents naming Donated by the Friends of Edmonds Factory Garden Inc.](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Donated%20by%20the%20Friends%20of%20Edmonds%20Factory%20Garden%20Inc.) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Donated%20by%20the%20Friends%20of%20Edmonds%20Factory%20Garden%20Inc.) - [Edmonds Factory Garden](https://www.chch.live/park/1594-edmonds-factory-garden), the ground’s own page - [Waltham](https://www.chch.live/waltham), the suburb it stands in A name read off an inscription is a lead, not a verified identity, the search is where verification starts. ## The ground under it - [The February 2011 survey drew liquefaction over this point](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction), mapped ground failure, a footprint, not a finding - [On the plan’s flood map](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard), Bells Creek, Heathcote River, the managed reach - [Inside a recorded flood footprint](https://www.chch.live/floods), 2011-2014 Flooding - Mayoral Flood Taskforce - [The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study - [Inside a listed place’s setting](https://www.chch.live/heritage), Edmonds Factory Garden - [The plan zones this ground Open Space Community Parks](https://www.chch.live/zones), OCP - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.1](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 3 March 2011 · ~300 m from the pin · 373 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.54116&lon=172.66555&radius=250 ## Around it - [Edmonds Factory Garden](https://www.chch.live/park/1594-edmonds-factory-garden), the botanic park it’s inside - [Edmonds Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1532-edmonds-park), sports ground park · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through Waltham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-562-waltham), track · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-535-woolston), track · ~150 m - [Walk and bike track through Phillipstown](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-72-phillipstown), track · ~350 m - [Christchurch City Council](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310966-lancaster-park), plaque · ~800 m - [Lancaster Park plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311003-lancaster-park), plaque · ~900 m - [George Wears Samms 1882 – 1954 Lily Samms Scott 1909 – 2005](https://www.chch.live/plaque/54542-woolston-park), plaque · ~950 m - [Coronation 1910 Erected by Anchor Lodge](https://www.chch.live/plaque/54233-woolston-park), plaque · ~950 m ## The reports nearby 798 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9061549), [360 Ferry Road, Waltham, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/waltham/360-ferry-road) - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9001379), [357 Ferry Road, Waltham, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/waltham/357-ferry-road) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8996282), [330 Ferry Road, Waltham, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/waltham/330-ferry-road) - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8994744), [330 Ferry Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/waltham/330-ferry-road) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8981572), Ferry Rd near Osborne St, Waltham, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8978475), [10 Ryan St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/waltham/10-ryan-street) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8954274), Edmonds Park 357 Ferry Road, Waltham, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8898092), [19 Aldwins Road, Linwood, Christchurch 8062, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/waltham/19-aldwins-road) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8889931), Ferry Rd near Osborne St, Waltham, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8871561), [360 Ferry Road, Waltham, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/waltham/360-ferry-road) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8852405), [372 Ferry Road, Woolston, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/waltham/372-ferry-road) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8852397), [199 Ensors Road, Waltham, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/waltham/199-ensors-road) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Edmonds Factory Garden in [Waltham](https://www.chch.live/waltham), one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. **What does it say?** The words above, verbatim, the surveyor’s transcription, casing, spelling and typos as they were read off the seat. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record. **Are there others at Edmonds Factory Garden?** 6 plaques on the register share this ground, the others are linked above. **Is the plaque still standing?** The register marks it in service, commissioned 2009. The books' word, though, a plaque may have weathered since the survey, and the pin is the record’s position. --- Christchurch City Council open data, the Furniture service’s Plaque layer. The inscription is the surveyor’s transcription; "In Service" is the books, not a promise the plaque still reads clean. The pin is the record’s position. The roll: https://www.chch.live/plaques · the record as data: https://www.chch.live/plaques.json · this plaque’s page: https://www.chch.live/plaque/65589-edmonds-factory-garden