Development of the Bason Botanical Reserve, Rapanui - Wanganui : It is presented as a part-requirement for the Diploma in Park and Recreation Administration, Lincoln College, Canterbury

Abstract

The dissertation expounds the landscape study carried out by the Lincoln College Landscape Consulting Service and totally accepts this proposal as the basis of development for the botanical reserve. The writer is currently actively engaged in implementing the landscape plans and in doing so is acquiring an intrinsic knowledge of the site.

To formulate such a study the dissertation has been arranged in 5 major parts.

Part I: is a collection of facts of the historical background relating to the evolution of botanical reserve.The site location and area is described and the possibility of the project becoming of significant importance for the Tourist industry is discussed.

Part II: studies what is a botanical garden and its proposed uses and functions in today's society. Comment is made on botanical gardens in New Zealand.

Part III: briefly analyses the Master Plan prepared by the Landscape Consulting Service at Lincoln College, Canterbury and looks at the limiting factors leading to the involvement of the final design. It looks at the impact of the proposed design on the general landscape and the aims and objects of the development programme.

PART IV : discusses the background to the themes created in the design and lists facilities required in the botanical gardens' development. Important engineering, architectural and landscape elements are also discussed with some detail.

Part V: stresses importance on the implementation of development programmes, the importance of phasing operations and finance, and offers some further ideas which could be implemented during the development programme. The summing up places paramount importance on "team" efforts in completing such a development programme as this, successfully.