Thousands of trees will have to be chopped down to make this concept a reality.

A letter to the Ottawa Citizen on June 26, 2019: "Canadensis has attempted on multiple occasions to carve away the southeast corner of the Central Experimental Farm - effectively privatizing public land - ignoring that in Ottawa our garden was always focused on trees..."

"The Central Experimental Farm is a jewel in the heart of the capital. It is by and large open to the public for free. Canadensis's proposal is redundent, misguided and ahistorical. Peter Anderson, Ottawa. 

The image is from a Randall Denley Ottawa Citizen article in the year 2019.

The plans for the botanical garden keep changing, intensifying. (2022). 

The Farm (left), Rideau Canal Hartwell Locks and trees.