Comments on: Hay Fever Day

By: missey

missey — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:39:26 +0000

Dear Nigel,

Canberra City could surely benefit from a design makover as you suggested. Consultants would be called in and a draft design plan would be drawn up and a committee would asses the merits of each proposal….meanwhile…give me break!!!!…at least some Canberra CBD are doing something to address the “depressed country town look”. Give those petunai a few more hot sunny days and they will drape beautifully.

By: Nigel

Nigel — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:19:42 +0000

Dear Missy, thanks for your comment – it’s all a matter of taste – don’t you feel we need a design makeover not just a mass of plastic flower pots? Then again, some people like the depressed country town look and feel…

By: missey

missey — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:26:27 +0000

My first post- what a lot of snotty comments- I walk thru Canberra CBD every morning- the putuniae look fantastic, they are not just on Northbourne Ave but all around the City a welcome splash of colour. Canberra’s winters are very severe and I can’t think of an alternate species of plant that would be suitable for growing in the pots in winter.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:01:14 +0000

I have heard that this cost about $1.5m

By: Pammy Faye

Pammy Faye — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:58:48 +0000

Are these on Northborne Ave? If so I must say I’ve rarely seen more than the odd lost tourist wandering this particular median strip. I fear the intended cheer has likely a small audience.

By: Megxx

Megxx — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:10:43 +0000

ps ‘scuse my language(…!)

By: Megxx

Megxx — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:23:17 +0000

When I first saw them last year I was appalled – they’re totally hidi-arse. I’ve no problem with pots of flowers per se, but these are totally the wrong scale, and look absolutely naff and tragic. Either get bigger/classier pots or fuck ‘em off altogether for chrissake. Serious lack of style – they just look silly. And particularly down an avenue of gum trees…who on earth makes these decisions?

By: Nigel

Nigel — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:21:37 +0000

The hoops and petunias were first installed this time last year! Cheerful? Off a low base, perhaps… It’s the general run-down, nobody cares, cheapskate ambience of the city centre that saddens me…

By: kate

kate — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:50:44 +0000

Dare I say that for some people they may find the floral displays cheerful at this time of year?

If the effects of the empty hoops are of concern perhaps we can suggest a different plant to occupy them during the remainder of the year.
When were the hoops first put in adn how much did they cost then. Surely over the years their value has been well served. Actually I don’t think petunias cause hayfever either

By: Nigel

Nigel — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:29:29 +0000

Yes I stand corrected! But gosh don’t you wish you were a fly on the wall with a phone camera when the decisions were being made? Cost of hoops, contract to supply petunias each year, cost of keeping them alive, and then, let’s not discuss the effect of the empty hoops for the rest of the year… What’s next on the Agenda? Any other kitsch? The Giant Plastic Tulips need repainting for next year’s Floriade, the unfinished signage from two years ago…