Tulip Lane – Developed at 15 Wychbury Street. Named in 1998. [The developer, Michael “Mike” Barratt had hoped that the street would be given a name with connections to his family. All his suggestions were declined.]
A small amount of information from the library website and I would love to know what the rejected names were. Couldn’t find any reason for the name tulip for this street.
I didn’t walk this tiny private lane and the occupants of these houses were all outside doing some sort of exercise possibly tai chi but not sure. Houses all built in the 1990s.
Note from a friend on Facebook. Cox’s Begonia Nursery used to be in Lyttelton St over the back fence of Tulip Lane and this was possibly part of their site. Edited to say that this lane is very close to Cherrytree Lane which was developed of Cox’s Nursery land.
Lytteltonwitch's Walking the streets of Christchurch Project 