# This Land Has Been / Used for Vegetable, a plaque of Parklands A plaque of the city, standing at Snellings Reserve in Parklands, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > THIS LAND HAS BEEN / USED FOR VEGETABLE / PRODUCTION SINCE THE 1870’S / THIS SEAT WAS DONATED / BY THE TROTT FAMILY 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: Snellings Reserve - The suburb: [Parklands](https://www.chch.live/parklands) - The year the register carries: 2012 - Rides on: seat - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20120126/CityCare/102.jpg ## In the archive - [Documents naming This Land Has Been / Used for Vegetable](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=This%20Land%20Has%20Been%20%2F%20Used%20for%20Vegetable) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=This%20Land%20Has%20Been%20%2F%20Used%20for%20Vegetable) - [Parklands](https://www.chch.live/parklands), 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 - [On the plan’s flood map](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard), Avon River, the managed reach - [The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study - [The plan zones this ground Residential Suburban](https://www.chch.live/zones), RS - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 9 January 2011 · ~150 m from the pin · 47 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.47566&lon=172.67401&radius=250 ## Around it - [Snellings Waterway Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1574-snellings-waterway-reserve), the community park it’s inside - [Limes Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1332-limes-reserve), community park · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through Parklands](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-96-parklands), track · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through Shirley](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-48-shirley), track · ~200 m - [Walk and bike track through Burwood](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-108-burwood), track · ~400 m - [Conservation Week 1997 / This Group of Native Trees](https://www.chch.live/plaque/115129-alpine-view-drainage-reserve), plaque · ~250 m - [In Loving Memory of? Joyce McFerran / "Joybell"](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311051-alpine-view-drainage-reserve), plaque · ~300 m - [John Lindsay Reserve](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310999-john-lindsay-drainage-reserve), plaque · ~500 m - [Polish Settlers Place / 1872-2017](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311062-ground), plaque · 1.6 km ## The reports nearby 128 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/9045825), [8 Milkers Gate, Parklands, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/parklands/8-milkers-gate) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9040047), 452–460 Prestons Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/9039243), Limes Reserve 460 Prestons Road, Parklands, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/9039213), [8A Oasis Grove, Parklands, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/parklands/8a-oasis-grove) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8909641), 452–460 Prestons Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8877758), [9 John Morel Pl, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/parklands/9-john-morel-place) - [Animal - Deceased](https://www.chch.live/report/8851227), [5 Limes Avenue, Parklands, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/parklands/5-limes-avenue) - [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/8725961), [80 Bluestone Drive, Parklands, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/parklands/80-bluestone-drive) - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8643645), [4 Alpine View Ln, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/parklands/4-alpine-view-lane) - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8614795), [5 Seclusion Ln, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/parklands/5-seclusion-lane) - [Street Cleaning](https://www.chch.live/report/8517049), [3 Limes Avenue, Parklands, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/parklands/3-limes-avenue) - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8300965), [450 Prestons Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/parklands/450-prestons-road) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Snellings Reserve in [Parklands](https://www.chch.live/parklands), 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. **Is the plaque still standing?** The register marks it in service, commissioned 2012. 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/96756-snellings-reserve