Catalogue of trees and shrubs at the Farm in Ottawa.

More than 700 trees at the National Historic Site of Canada are facing  destruction. Agriculture Canada employees will be forced to dig up the Historic Hedge Collection. And the City of Ottawa will encroach upon the Arboretum for their transit plan.

The beautiful Prince of Wales Drive that runs through the Farm is slated to be widened from 2 lanes to 4. I have no idea what the future holds for the cherry blossom trees.

Maple Drive is being restricted to emergency vehicles, so how will people access the Dominion Observatory and all the other Natural Resources Canada  buildings. As I mentioned before, the Dominion Observatory is part of the Parliamentary Precinct and is partly made of Nepean sandstone---the same material that the Parliament Buildings and many other landmarks in Ottawa are constructed with.

The Main Lawn on the Experimental Farm extends from the William Saunders Building to the Driveway. The Main Lawn is being taken over by the Civic Hospital. The now- vacant William Saunders Building is visible behind Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan.

Her Royal Highness Princess Anne and Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan visit the Ottawa Experimental Farm.