Completed stories for the Hear, Here project
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Lilia Sharpe reflects on her wedding day located at the Arboretum on June 23rd, 2001.
A wedding ceremony in a magical forest glade.
Murray Woods, aged 90, discusses fundraising for the OAC '56 Park in the Garden and the calming benefits of walking in the Arboretum.
Inger Knudsen describes her experience volunteering for the Guelph Wellington Master Gardeners in the Arboretum.
Chris Earley reflects on realizing the importance of Gene Banks.
John Curtis, one of the original staff at the Arboretum in 1970 talks about living in Harrison House.
John talks about saving the frogs from the Italian garden's fountain come winter.
Chris Earley talks about his first memory at the Nature Centre.
Caelum Wishart explains why the Japanese garden means so much to people.
John Auld talks about visitors to the arboretum during the Covid-19 pandemic and his job to keep things tidy.
Amber talks about her experience with COVID-19 and how the memorial grove helped her.
Mary Walsh draws on her experience at the Memorial Grove and the plant and plaque that is dedicated to her father.
John Auld reminisces about the times he spent in the Arboretum working, walking, drinking coffee, and talking about everything with his late friend Fred.
Julie and Alan Smithson recall their Sept 2002 wedding, as well as the benefits they see in the Arboretum
RJ Hilton teaching Ruth Robinson how to prune and graft plants
Ric Jordan talks about the original pond, now known as the reflecting pool.
Arboretum Head Gardener Caelum Wishart describes the importance of gardens for wildlife, and how he experiences the arboretum in his own life.
Sarina Perchak shares her story of her first experience in the Tea Garden with the medicine walk and the teaching opportunity she had in the Tea Garden.
Byron Murray talks about encountering a deer by a trail and seeing it chase off a coyote and also talked about procupines
Terry Schwan on his history with the Zavitz Pines site at the Guelph Arborteum
