Agriculture Canada refused to transfer Farm land to a botanical society.

A number of conditions had not been met in their application. The conditions were as follows:

• It must not include any use of land on the west side of Prince of Wales Drive.
• The use of any land or facilities on the east side of Prince of Wales must meet the Canadian Heritage (Parks Canada) criteria (e.g.) it must not have a negative impact on the heritage values of the Canal nor impede the operations of the Canal, specifically at Hartwell's lock station, but also navigation in general.
• The Arboretum, if included, must remain free and open to the public.
• The Fletcher Wildlife Garden must remain as it is.
• The Commemorative Integrity Statement must be observed.
• The land use must be compatible with other jurisdictions (e.g) NCC, Parks, City of Ottawa, etc. and designations---the National Interest Land Mass (NILM) of the Central Experimental Farm.
• It must clearly demonstrate financial viability/self sufficiency. (All information is from the Greenbelt Alliance of Canada's Capital General Meeting, June 12 2002.The Hon. Lyle Vanclief was the Agriculture Minister.)

Commemorative Integrity Statement The boundaries of the designated place are:

• bounded on the north by Carling Avenue
• on the west by Fisher Avenue as far as Kingston Avenue, excluding the complex of Fisher Heights
• by Merivale Road as far as Baseline Road
• on the south by Baseline Road north to Prince of Wales Drive (Highway 16) and on the east by Prince of Wales Drive as far as the bend in the road
• by the western edge of the Rideau Canal property as far as Queen Elizabeth Drive.

An August 3, 2001 Ottawa Citizen article by Carolynne Wheeler.