Heritage Ottawa D
Established in x967 HERITAGE L~J `Volume 21, No . x, Celebrating our 27th year OTTAWA Spring 1994 D 'Dedicated to Preserving Our Built Heritage Friends of Maplelawn Garden: Hands On by Jean Palmer Heritage designation has just been occupants of the house, selling it "in The Friends of Maplelawn are orga- given to Maplelawn, a house at 1952 to the NCC (National Capital nizing for summer and welcome new 529 Richmond Road, and to its walled Commission), by which time it had members. It's one of those reward- garden, perhaps the only remaining been renamed Maplelawn. ing "hands-on" contributions . While garden in Canada to retain its walls, its we can't actually reset a brick in The terms of the sale allowed the plan and, some of its original plantings. heritage house, we can personally Rochesters to stay on in the house ensure the survival of this historic Anyone looking over the wall last for as long as they wanted, and the walled garden by weeding and summer could have observed a zeal- - last Rochester, Frances, moved out cultivating. ous, but careful, battalion of grubby in 1989. Call Ann Falkner 722-3226 or Nancy gardeners clearing the paths, weeding The rectangular garden had been the flower beds and trimming the Smith 728-5451 to join the Friends of re-designed in 1940 by Warren Maplelawn. shrubbery. These were crews from Oliver, senior'horticulturalist at the the newly-formed Friends of Central Experimental Farm, and Maplelawn Garden, a volunteer though wartime restrictions prevent- group, led by Ann Falkner and Nancy ed his entire plan from being carried Smith, who are bringing back the glory out, the basic geometry of a cross days of this wonderful formal garden.
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