Understanding Significance and Managing Change at Royal Botanical Gardens 21 October 2016, Session 4C - National Trust Conference 2016: "Adaptation - Cultural Landscapes: Managing Change"
PageDr 1 David Galbraith, Head of Science
Barrie Tract Hendrie/Grindstone Valley Laking Garden York Road West
Arboretum
Hendrie Park Rock Chapel RBG Centre
Sunfish Pond
Carrolls Bay
Cootes Paradise North Shore Royal Cootes Paradise South Shore Botanical Gardens 2016
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Page2,700 1 Acres Page 1 Laking Garden Five Factors • Physical Setting • Archaeological and Indigenous Context • Association with Thomas Baker McQuesten and other Founders, and with The City Beautiful movement • Development and Service as Canada’s Largest Botanical Garden • Cultural Significance of Cootes Paradise as a Major Urban Natural Area.
Page 1 The Physical Setting
Page 1 Niagara Escarpment
Cootes Burlington Heights Paradise
Dundas Valley
Niagara Escarpment Page 1 LookingPage 1 East over the Escarpment, Dundas, and Cootes The Archaeological and Indigenous Context
Page 1 Page 1 Stone Point. 8,000-10,000 YBP, Princess Point PagePrincess 1 Point Ceramic Shard, Princess Point Page 1 1920s Desjardins Canal – RBG Archives Association with Thomas Baker McQuesten and the City Beautiful Movement
Page 1 1928 – a Pivotal Year • City of Hamilton Board of Park Management acquires South shore of Cootes Paradise • William Hendrie family contributes Valley Farm to City of Hamilton as park in perpetuity • Cootes Paradise declared bird Thomas Baker McQuesten (1882- 1948; Courtesy of Whitehern) sanctuary • “Northwest Entrance Competition” results in landscape on Burlington Heights, one of three parts to become RBG
Page 1 Northwest Entrance to Hamilton: Borgstrom’s Winning Plan
Page 1 Page 1 The Rock Garden in 2016 Development and Service as Canada’s Largest Botanical Garden
Page 1 Canada’s First Botanical Garden: Queen’s College, Kingston, 1860
• A Teaching Garden, primarily for training physicians in the use of medicinal plants
• Started by Prof. George Lawson
• Lasted about a decade
Page 1 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK Palm House
Page 1 RBG’s Foundation Documents
15 May 1930 Memo from Undersecretary of State Oscar Douglas Skelton (1878-1941) conveying permission to call the Botanical Gardens in Hamilton “Royal” The result of a long correspondence between the Parks Board and officials
Page 1 February 1931: Two Entities Lands Recognized as RBG in 1933
Page 1 RBG’s Hendrie Park Gardens
Page 1 RBG’s Service to Ontario As Envisioned in 1948 by Professor Norman Radforth
Service Through
Education Research Recreation
Horticultural Gardens Horticultural Gardens
“RBG Conservation Hall and Natural Parks and Regional Central Research Bureau” Conservation Stations
After Fig. 1, Radforth, N. W. 1948. Royal Botanical Gardens Special Page 1 Bulletin No. 3. “Old Lilac Collection” around 1960
Page 1 Cultural Significance of Cootes Paradise as a Major Urban Natural Area
Page 1 CootesPage 1 Paradise & Hendrie Valley Nature Sanctuaries RBG Arboretum Cootes Paradise Westdale
Hamilton Harbour
Page 1 Cootes Paradise Fishway
Page 1 Hands-On Education and Public Involvement at Fishway Operations
Page 1 1967Page 1 – Opening of Centennial Rose Garden CentennialPage 1 Rose Garden and Turner Pavilion: 2016 Thank you for your attention
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