The sister cities gardens in Christchurch, a millennium project

摘要

The Christchurch City Council set up a steering committee in 1994 to investigate and report on proposals to celebrate the Millennium. The year 2000 also coincided with the 150th anniversary Of the founding of Canterbury. The Trust Bank Community Trust provided core funding for the City Council to formalise, control and oversee the numerous projects and events that were being planned, and leaders from a wide range of educational, cultural, historical, arts and sporting organisations were invited to meetings to provide their input. Representatives of garden clubs, nursery businesses, the Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture, the Canterbury Horticultural Society and the Christchurch Beautifying Association formed a working committee to discusspossible Millennium activities of a horticultural nature.