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The brainchild of District 9970
Ashburton Rotarian Walter Van Der Kley, ColourMe Christchurch was born on November
4, 2012 because, since the devastating earthquakes, parts of Christchurch had
become an unattractive city of vacant land and dust.
Step in 15 local Rotary clubs and 15 vacant lots plus hundreds of volunteers, and by the end of December this landscape had changed to one of beauty.
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In all more than 100 truck
tyres were donated and used. Behind
these, liberal quantities of wild flower seeds were sown (totalling more than
30 kgs).
Each participating club was
involved in the watering and maintenance of their plot. In most cases, this meant members arriving
with various containers of water, and in some instances members of the public
emptying their water bottles as they went to work.
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The largest plot was nearly
2000 square metres, and it was planted out with more than 1000 Sunflower and
3200 Petunia plants, plus more than 4kgs of wild flowers. On this site we were
able to tap into the local water supply and some makeshift irrigation was
installed.
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ColourMe Christchurch signage
was erected at each site that listed our major sponsors and the contact phone
number for enquiries about membership. We
have received a lot of good publicity from the written media, and also a couple
of spots on both local and national television.
Our goal to make a difference
has been achieved. Christchurch can be proud once again to call itself “the Garden
City”.
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By Gordon
Hooper, District 9970 Governor 2012-13 Related links:
