Header image: Chris Earley (far left) leads a group of ENVB*3030 Conservation Field Course students on a tour of The Arboretum, 2015.
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.
Ruth Harris digs in a garden bed, 1974. Students from a third year Environmental Science course complete their lab in The Arboretum, 2015. Students harvesting Blue Ash seed, 2013.Students learning and researching
“This experience reignited my love for education and passion for environmental conservation”
Student staff
“It’s an important realization that it takes all kinds of people, plants, and creatures to make The Arboretum what it is today. From those who take care of its inhabitants, to the people who frequently visit, and all the wildlife and plants living here. I can only expect that I will learn something new whenever I visit the Arboretum.
- From Shannon Carter’s blogpost, “The Things You Notice”
Summer staff, 2016. From left to right: Cael Wishart, Bennett Whitnell, Jocelyn Wainwright, Chelsea Martin, Shanelle Labrie and Emma Davis.
Summer grounds staff, 2020: (top row) Daisy, Matteo, Sadie, (bottom row) Shannon, Emma and Kyle.
“One morning, I had just started my day at the J.C. Taylor Nature Centre (like I always do) and it started to rain. I sat at the tables under the umbrellas and watched everything around me turn to richer and deeper tones of green. I tend to avoid being outside in nature during a downpour (like most of us I am guessing) but at this moment I stayed outside. The Arboretum transformed into a temperate rainforest before me. The smell of wet dirt combined with the sound of leaves being flooded with rain slowed time down.”
- From Daisy Reid’s blogpost, “Moments in The Arboretum”
Summer staff, 2014. From left to right: Nathan, Owen, Christina, Jennifer and Jesse, (Jim absent).
Summer staff, 2003. Clockwise from top left: Marc Paquin, Beau Stasiuk, Sean Fox, Heather Bettger, Elisa Caruso, Annie Benko and Kate MacKay.
Nature Centre Summer Staff, 1982. Back row, left to right: Ian Hendry, Marilyn Dolby, Barb Findlay, Nancy Taminga Front row left to right: Alan Watson, Paula Nevison. 
Nature Centre Summer Staff, 1983. Left to right: Brian Ritchie, Ian Hendry, Dawn Hollyer, Barb Findlay, Alan Watson, John Bowyer. 
Nature Centre Winter Staff, 1983. Left to right: Patsy Brickenden, Dawn Hollyer, Cathy Alex, Deane Atherton, Odette Barr, Alan Watson, John Bowyer. 
Nature Centre Summer Staff, 1984. Back row: Patty Huber (Queen’s Faculty of Education Intern student), April Heather, Cornelia Vanderbilt Hoop (exchange student from the Netherlands), Alan Watson, Jeff Frisbee Back row: Mike Yee, Karen Warkentin, Dawn Hollyer, Gwen Wagner. 
Nature Centre Summer Staff, 1985. Left to right: Alan Watson, Martha Walli, Gayle Reddick. 
Nature Centre Fall Staff, 1987. Left to right: Bonnie Smits, Cathy Alex, April Heather, Michèle Martin, Dawn Hollyer, Deane Atherton, Alan Watson, Gwen Winder. Missing: Beth Woodger. 
Nature Centre Summer Staff, 1987. Left to right: Leslie Work and Scott Kirby.
Student volunteers
“In my opinion, the coolest part of The Arboretum is the diversity of trees and shrubs seen throughout each collection. Plants originating from around the world can be found in a few acres of land. It is as if you are walking through a plant museum!”
- From Emma MacLennan-Nobrega’s blogpost, “A Living Museum of Plants”
Students plant trees, 2014.
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.
