Introduction
Planting the Seeds
Cultivating the Garden
The Cultivators
Horticultural Societies and Garden Clubs
Experimental Farms and Seed Nurseries
Botanical Gardens
Heritage Seeds and Gardening
Reaping the Harvest
Bibliography
Photos by Beth Powning
Other Gardening Sites
Acknowledgements |
The Cultivators
Experimental Farms and Seed Nurseries
| Born in New Brunswick, Roscoe A. Fillmore worked in various provinces across the country before establishing The Valley Nurseries in the Annapolis Valley in Nova Scotia, in 1924. Working with the experimental station at Kentville, he developed new strains of shrubs and perennials that would withstand the harsh Atlantic climate. |
Fillmore, Roscoe A.
Green Thumbs.
Toronto: Ryerson, 1953. |
| The bitterly cold winters and drought-ridden summers of Manitoba, unfamiliar to most of the pioneer settlers, led to the development of plant and tree nurseries as early as the 1880s. Boughen Nurseries Ltd., specializing in fruit, was founded in 1900 and is still in business today. |
The Development of Manitoba's Nursery and Landscape Industry.
Winnipeg: Manitoba Nursery and Landscaping, 1983. |
| Frank Leith Skinner came to the Canadian prairies with his parents as a boy. They settled near Dropmore, Manitoba, a name he was to make famous. In 1901, while still a teenager, he was contacting the Central Experimental Farm for information on the trees and shrubs he was growing. He pioneered horticulture on the prairies and introduced many new varieties, from roses and lilies to flowering crab apple trees. |
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Horticultural Horizons: Plant Breeding and Introduction at Dropmore, Manitoba.
Winnipeg: Department of Agriculture and Conservation, 1967. |
| A well-known supplier situated in Ottawa's Byward Market for many years, Kenneth McDonald sold to customers as varied as the Grenfell Mission in Labrador, Prime Minister Mackenzie King for his Moorside Garden, and Joey Smallwood for his farm in Newfoundland and Labrador (formerly Newfoundland). |
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McDonald, Stuart Edward.
Memories of a Family Business: Kenneth McDonald and Sons, Limited, Ottawa, Ontario, Seedsmen and Nurserymen, 1876-1966.
Ottawa: Historical Society of Ottawa, 1993. |
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