# In Loving Memory of Ruth & Crosby Moran, 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 > IN LOVING MEMORY OF RUTH & CROSBY MORAN ... HEAD GARDENER 1951–1954 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/20090914/00377/R0070497.jpg ## The ground’s other names - [Donated by the Friends of Edmonds Factory Garden Inc.](https://www.chch.live/plaque/65589-edmonds-factory-garden), “DONATED BY THE FRIENDS OF EDMONDS FACTORY GARDEN INC. 24 FEBRUARY 2008” - [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…” - [Edmonds Factory Garden plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310916-edmonds-factory-garden), its words filed unknown ## In the archive - [Documents naming In Loving Memory of Ruth & Crosby Moran](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=In%20Loving%20Memory%20of%20Ruth%20%26%20Crosby%20Moran) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=In%20Loving%20Memory%20of%20Ruth%20%26%20Crosby%20Moran) - [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 · ~350 m from the pin · 385 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.54197&lon=172.66473&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-588-waltham), track · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through Woolston](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-535-woolston), track · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through Phillipstown](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-72-phillipstown), track · ~450 m - [Christchurch City Council](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310966-lancaster-park), plaque · ~750 m - [Lancaster Park plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311003-lancaster-park), plaque · ~850 m - [George Wears Samms 1882 – 1954 Lily Samms Scott 1909 – 2005](https://www.chch.live/plaque/54542-woolston-park), plaque · ~900 m - [Coronation 1910 Erected by Anchor Lodge](https://www.chch.live/plaque/54233-woolston-park), plaque · ~950 m ## The reports nearby 1,161 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9069922), [114 Osborne St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/waltham/114-osborne-street) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9067998), [125 Osborne St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/waltham/125-osborne-street) - [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9061549), [360 Ferry Road, Waltham, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/waltham/360-ferry-road) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9054192), [112 Osborne Street, Waltham, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/waltham/112-osborne-street) - [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) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8971904), [35 Frederick Street, Waltham, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/waltham/35-frederick-street) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8954274), Edmonds Park 357 Ferry Road, Waltham, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/8948645), [43 Frederick Street, Waltham, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/waltham/43-frederick-street) ## 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/65858-edmonds-factory-garden