Arboretum History
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Pink flowers and green bushes run alongside either side of a dirt path which recedes into the background. Large conifer trees are seen in the background behind a wooden fence.

Gosling Wildlife Gardens – Garden 1

Header image: Garden one of the Gosling Wildlife Gardens, 2007.

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Garden One of the Gosling Wildlife Gardens was originally known as the Butterfly, Moth and Hummingbird Garden. This garden is designed to attract pollinators with its variety of native and cultivated pollinator plants, plentiful shade and pond. This garden is now known as the Pollinator Garden.  

Black tarp is spread across the ground in front of a small area of bushes and a gravel road. Two individuals stand on the tarp, working. One woman is crouched over while the other person stands above them, looking down. A wooden structure with a slanted roof is seen across the gravel road behind them.

Pond installation, 1988.

A small pond is situated in the middle of a green lawn. Some stepping stones lead up to the pond. Stones and reeds surround the pond. In the distance, a gravel walk way and an open field can be seen.

Garden one pond, 1990.

A small pond with a bubbling fountain sits in the middle of a green lawn. Stones and small reeds surround the edge of the pond. Trees behind the pond block the view of a road.

Garden One pond, 2010.

A garden with large pink blooms in the bottom left corner. Bushes of yellow, purple, and white flowers surround a grass area and a cobble stone path. A forest of green trees can be seen in the background.

Garden One, 1995.

Pink flowers and green bushes run alongside either side of a dirt path which recedes into the background. Large conifer trees are seen in the background behind a wooden fence.

Garden One blooms in the summer, 2007.

This is a sampling of some of the many photos that have been taken and people that have been a part of The Arboretum’s 50 years of operations. Do you have some photos you would like to share? Upload them to our Arboretum History Kudoboard.

The land where The Arboretum now grows has been home to plants and animals for thousands of years. It was home to Indigenous peoples before settlers arrived. We recognize the Dish with One Spoon territory, the treaty lands of the Mississaugas of the Credit, and the Between the Lakes Treaty 3 lands on which the University of Guelph and The Arboretum now sit. We are honoured to work on and care for this land.