新西兰花园城历史公园

Historic Public Gardens in the Garden City of New Zealand

新西兰前欧洲时期的原始人工园林景观,是刀耕火种的毛利人种植农作物和果树的种植园。1814年,欧洲传教士正式永久定居于新西兰,并建起了第一座观赏园林。十九世纪四十到六十年代,出现了欧洲移民热潮。大量涌入的垦荒者自1841年起开始建设城市园林。1856年新西兰第一座城市-基督城-正式宣告成立。150年来792座城市公园先后建立。1997年基督城在世界花园城竞赛夺冠,获得世界花园城称号。本文介绍了该城几座最著名的城市公园历史,并展示了其别具风情的园林景观。

Maori gardens in the pre-European period, with native crops and horticultural plants, were used only for food. The first ornamental garden in New Zealand was established in 1814, by European missioners after their settlement. In the first wave of immigration from 1840s to 1860s, European settlers developed a number of public gardens over this heavenly land. Christchurch became New Zealand’s first city in 1856 by Royal Charter and has established 792 parks in the past 150 years. In 1997, Christchurch won the title of “Garden City of the World”. Christchurch is known by not only her thousands of modern public and private gardens, but also the unique beauty of her Kiwi-English style historic gardens. The stories of several prominent historic public gardens were reviewed and the landscapes of these Christchurch heritages were glanced.