# Overgrown Vegetation, Canterbury, Christchurch 8051, New Zealand

Christchurch · filed 23 August 2025 · report 6786758
https://www.chch.live/report/6786758

> Waterford reserve needs a big tidy up. Overhanging plants make difficult to walk on footpath’s especially if wheelchair or push chair. Elderberry trees need removing altogether. Roses trimmed back off footpath. Flax on the bridge needs major dealing too. And the bridge needs fixing and is very slippery at present due to buildup lichen/moss etc. Narrow footpaths. Gardens around playground need tending too All area needs a pre spring tidy up please

*The reporter’s own words, a public report relayed, not verified or endorsed.*

## The council’s work orders, near this pin
- Garden/Landscaped Area, 0 m away · resolved 2 Dec 2025, took 3 months, probably the same job, filed through both doors
- General Maintenance (Parks), 3 m away · resolved 10 Mar 2022, took 47 hours
- Trees, 9 m away · resolved 12 Mar 2024, took 8 weeks
- Trees, 12 m away · resolved 19 Apr 2023, took 4 weeks
- General Maintenance (Parks), 13 m away · resolved 14 Nov 2019, took 5 weeks
- Garden/Landscaped Area, 13 m away · resolved 3 May 2024, took 3 weeks
- Garden/Landscaped Area, 13 m away · resolved 3 May 2024, took 5 months
- Grass, 15 m away · resolved 11 Mar 2025, took 3 weeks
MyCouncilTicket is a different door from the public report, one job can stand in both streams. The whole roll: https://www.chch.live/fixed

The problem: https://www.chch.live/problems/overgrown-vegetation
The street: https://www.chch.live/street/northwood/canterbury
The suburb: https://www.chch.live/northwood
The attached photograph: https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06786758/public/1_v33yc0lopv3.jpg
What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.459719998727145&lon=172.6164609994447

Data: https://api.chch.live/report?id=6786758