Canadensis is planning to take over the Experimental Farm's Arboretum, Fletcher Wildlife Garden and part of Commissioners Park.

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The Experimental Farm was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1997. The Arboretum and Fletcher Wildlife Garden are off-limits to housing developers and commercial enterprises.

 Redeveloping the landscape.

1974 - The Chair of the National Capital Commission Douglas Fullerton wanted 600 acres for housing. Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan told the NCC the land would be transferred "over my dead body."

1988 - 91 acres are sold to the city of Ottawa and eventually to a builder:

2001 - The Botanical Garden Society plans to redevelop 108 acres Farm land east of Prince of Wales Drive including Department of National Defence property at Dow's Lake and PWGSC holdings.

2016 - PWGSC and the NCC charge the Ottawa Civic Hospital $1 dollar for historic, irreplaceable properties including the Dominion Observatory, Queen Juliana Park, the DARA Tennis Club (the Department of Agriculture Recreational Association), roads, pathways, hundreds of trees, the Historic Hedge Collection...

2019-2022 - The Botanical Garden Society/Canadensis has not given up on their plan to build upon federal land that is now open to the general public and free.

2022 - Hundreds of trees in QJP and along the Dow's Lake parking lot are chopped down.

2022 (?) - The city of Ottawa plans to expropriate Farm land at the Baseline Road border for an OC Transpo endeavour.

House of Commons Ottawa November 22, 1991 Mr. Dennis Mills (Broadview-Greenwood): "Madame Speaker, when I got up this morning and headed to the House I actually had no intention of speaking. Then in my office I read part of Bill C-3, an act respecting the acquisition, administration and disposition of real property by the Government of Canada....As I started to reflect on what was really going on in this bill I became concerned. There is another aspect of this bill that disturbs me immensely. It concerns me that in one year, with the support of this bill, it is possible that there will be no Crown land assets left."

How long will the tulips be located in Commissioners Park? "NCC considers fences to keep people away from blooming tulips this year." "No photographs" and "No stopping" signs appeared around Dows Lake and Commissioners Park."