In perpetuity meaning forever.

The Greber Report of 1950 recommended that the following properties should be retained as greenspaces forever: "Extensive parks and playgrounds were recommended including the acquirement of lands in the Laurentian Hills for a National Park, and the development of Dow's Lake and its adjacent lands as a recreational centre was strongly urged." (Page 199 out of 395 pages, 1950 Greber Report.)

More greenspace in Ottawa that was given to the citizens of Canada.

Rockcliffe Park - 70 acres.

Central Park (Clemow Avenue) - 16 acres.

Brewer Park - (End of Bronson Avenue) - 39 acres.

Commissioners Park (Dow's Lake) - 4 acres. Commissioners Park, home of the Tulip Festival, now encompasses 22 acres. The lumber baron J.R. Booth donated hundreds of acres of his own land to the Farm and the park.

Green Island Park (Mouth of Rideau River) - 6 acres. The former Ottawa City Hall was built on Green Island.

Nepean Point and Major's Hill Park - 21 acres, another important locale for the Tulip Festival, behind the Chateau Laurier.

McDonald Park (Charlotte Street) - 7 acres.

Anglesea Square ( York Street) - 3 acres.

Strathcona Park ( Range Road) - 8 acres.

St. Luke's Park (Frank Street) - 1 to 5 acres.

Minto Park (Elgin Street) - 1 to 5 acres.

Dundonald Park (Somerset Street) - 2 acres.

Plouffe Park and Juvenile Playground (Preston Street) - 4 acres.

McNab Park (Gladstone Avenue) - 3 acres.

Reid Farm Park (Sherwood Drive) - 6 acres.

Ballantyne Park (Main Street) Ottawa East - (All information is from page 160 out of 395 pages, the Greber Report.)

The $4 million dollar Dow's Lake parking lot, a federal property owned by the citizens of Canada, was given to a provincial institution and condominiums will be constructed on the site. The City of Ottawa rezoned 12 acres of Farm land as General Urban Area instead of Institutional:

APPLICATION #D01 ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT, 520 Preston Street and 930 Carling Avenue, Ottawa. Official Plan Amendment. No Appeal. Adopted July 16, 2018: Description: The purpose of the amendment is to facilitate the use of the selected site for a new hospital. The amendment would remove approximately 5 ha. (12 acres) of land designated as Agricultural Research Area within the current Central Experimental Farm boundary and designate these lands as General Urban Area." (Ottawa Citizen reporter Jon Willing comments, below): 

"According to the proposed rezoning map, the maximum height for a building in the middle of the hospital land will be about 10 storeys. Closer to the train station, the Preston-Carling secondary plan would kick in.The maximum heights in that plan allow for 20 storeys southwest of the station. The rezoning application also includes the parking lot northwest of the Dow's Lake pavilion. The land would change from an open space and park to a Mixed Use Centre." (From: "City files application for new Civic hospital land." Jon Willing, Ottawa Citizen newspaper, August 18, 2017.)

An Experimental Farm report indicated that many internal roads and pathways are expected to be impacted by the mega-hospital. "The National Capital Commission Scenic Driveway is a tree-covered route flanked with bike trails. All of the roads serving the site with the exception of Prince of Wales Drive are expected to be widened to account for a greater density of traffic." (From: Regenerating the Experimental Farm 2016, page 30/74.)  Prince of Wales Drive is being widened to four lanes, read the Dow's Lake-Glebe Report newsletter from June 11, 2010. Agriculture Canada never wanted internal roadways and pathways to be widened or disappear---Maple Drive, Ash Lane, Birch Drive, the Observatory Crescent and the NCC Scenic Driveway will all be affected.---savecfbrockcliffe.

Agriculture Canada was opposed to views of the William Saunders Building being obstructed, but they will be hidden, because the DARA Tennis Club located north of the Saunders Building is being relocated to a roof top on a parking garage.To facilitate the construction of a medical centre and parking lots on Central Green:

"Views to Saunders Building Across Central Green." Google: CEF National Historic Site Management Plan, page 18/20.