"MAYORS' OAKS."

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 136, 10 June 1932, Page 3

"MAYORS' OAKS."

GARDEN OF FRIENDSHIP.

DOMAIN SITE RECOMMENDED

Referring to the formation of a "garden of friendship," a suggestion which came before the City Council a few weeks ago and was adopted, the superintendent of parks recommended to the council last evening that a suitable cite should be selected at the Domain. The superintendent, in his report, stated that there was an area of approximately three acres between the tea kioek and" tcniii.s courts that had not been planted, and, beins: in close proximity to the ponds, would make an ideal site* for the planting of native trees. The area allowed for the planting of both indigenous and exotics, and indigenous trees could be planted near the ponds and could be confined to the larger type, euch as kauri, totara, puriri, pohutukawa, rewaiewa and rimu. If one particular tree was selected for planting in 1932, another in 1033, and so on, it would allow for clumps of one type to form a group, thus simplifying the keeping of a record. Such trees could be secured without difficulty, and, grown in the nursery, would be always available. It was the custom in many of the larger cities of England and on the Continent for the Mayor to plant a tree on assuming office, and such gardens were known as the "Mayors' Oaks" or the "Mayors' Walk," and the superintendent suggested such might well apply to the proposed "garden of friendship."