Maybe thought about the benefits of eating organically grown vegetables right from your own dooryard
Tired of mowing all that grass?
This could be the year to grow your own garden right at your kitchen door.
Fredericton Heritage Trust presents a gardening workshop for the amateur gardener, as well as for those who can't even grow weeds.
Presenters will be
Perennial gardens: Berries, rhubarb, asparagus
George Scott of Scott's Nursery, Lincoln
Herbs: grow your own, both perennial and annual
Aaron and Anna of Sweet Valley Herbs Mouth of Keswick
Heritage vegetables are still with us
John Beresford, Head Gardener at King's Landing
These fine folks have agreed to tell us "what's up" in gardening and to answer all of our questions.
When? April 20, 2008 ..... 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Where? Odell Park Lodge, Upper level
Cost $5.00/person or $7.00 couple
Door prizes and Refreshments
Fredericton Heritage Trust wants you to help us celebrate our local heritage.
The Trust is seeking nominations for its annual Heritage Award Program, which recognizes individuals and organizations for their contribution to heritage preservation.
More information on the award nomination process can be found here.
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Nashwaaksis Middle School Auditorium
324 Fulton Avenue
2-4pm (doors open at 1:30)
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Gwen Davies, university Dean of Graduate Studies/Associate Vice President (research); Researcher in Maritime culture from 18th century to 1820
Jason Jeandron, archaeologist
Andrew McMillin, Commodore (Ret.) ,Canadian Forces
Hart North, businessman
Consultants:
Marion Beyea, Provincial Archivist
Robert Dallison, past Director of Kings Landing Historical Settlement; heritage researcher/writer; Lt. Col (Ret.), Canadian Forces
Tim Rattenbury, solicitor
Margo Sheppard, Executive Director-Nature Trust of New Brunswick
Some of the icons seem commonplace; we see them everyday, often without further thought; others, we seldom see yet their very mention evokes thoughts that they too are part of our experience or have contributed in some significant way to life in Fredericton.
We want to thank his Honour Herménégilde Chiasson, The Lieutenant-Governor, an honourary member of the Fredericton Heritage Trust. He has taken a personal interest in and supported this project from the outset.
We particularly want to thank those who took the time to nominate their favourite heritage icons. With those nominations you have encouraged us to reflect further on the rich heritage of Fredericton.
Click here to go to the Fredericton Heritage Icons Program.
]]>This booklet is the result, and the Trust thanks Prof. Bird and Matt and Brian for their very useful work. Any quotations from this work should acknowledge the authors, title and date of publication, and the web URL. The booklet is available to interested parties at no charge.
Innovation in Heritage Preservation: A Study of Nine Canadian Communities
Please Note:The report is in Adobe Acrobat (pdf). To view it you will need the Acrobat Reader.
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The list of icons will recognize significant aspects of our social, economic, cultural and natural heritage. It is intended the recognition of these Icons will promote a broader awareness of our heritage and a full understanding of our cultural identity. Such increased awareness, it is hoped, will encourage their protection and preservation.
Nominate your favourite Icon of Fredericton's rich cultural heritage. It's easy! Click here for details and here for a copy of the nomination form.
February 17, 2007 Saturday 1-4pm Gibson Memorial United Church, Gibson St.
"Discover the Heritage of Fredericton North". Ted and Anita Jones will share some of their research on the history and heritage of Nashwaaksis, Devon, Barker's Point, and Marysville, from their forthcoming book on Fredericton North. Ted and Anita are highly respected for their years of meticulous and sustained research into the city’s history.
Presentation of the Trust's Awards for heritage advocacy and restoration/renovation work.
A display of heritage treasures by anyone who cares to contribute. Contact Liz Burge 455 3964
Refreshments. Easy parking. Free admission.
March 24, 2007 Saturday 2-4pm Unitarian Fellowship (874 York St)
(changed location as of Jan 30, 2007)
"Building for Success: Heritage Preservation, Urban Design, and City Building in the 21st Century". Juan Estepa holds two masters degrees (Landscape Architecture and History), plus other university qualifications in Urban Design, History, and Landscape Architectural Technology. He is the Manager of Heritage and Cultural Affairs at the City of Fredericton. He will focus on issues broadly linking urban design and heritage (not on City-related business).
Refreshments. Free admission. Parking OK.
April 14, 2007 Saturday 2-4pm Memorial Hall, UNB Campus
Dr Margaret Conrad will speak on "History and Heritage at the Crossroads: How New Brunswickers Consume Their Past." She will focus on "some of the developments in public history over the past two decades and ask some pertinent questions about where we fit into the larger picture". Dr Conrad is the Canada Research Chair in Atlantic Canada Studies at UNB –Fredericton, and an internationally known researcher and author. www.unbf.ca/arts/History/conrad_000.html .
Refreshments. Free admission. Parking OK.
]]>Fredericton Heritage Trust Award to Bill Thorpe
Annual General Meeting, November 16, 2006 (Beaverbrook Art Gallery)
Your Honour, Madame President, Mr. Riordon, Ladies and Gentleman.
In addition to promoting the importance of our heritage resources - particularly our significant buildings - Fredericton Heritage Trust also tries to make a point of recognizing individuals who are a part of this process.
Our award recipient tonight is known to many Frederictonians for many things.
Some will know him as an educator, with an extensive career at Fredericton High School as a teacher and assistant principal.
Others will know him as a sports enthusiast and participant, particularly with respect to playing, coaching and promoting rugby.
Others still, will know him as a municipal politician, serving as city councilor and deputy mayor of Fredericton.
Many others will know him as an advocate of walking trails throughout our city and province.
Indeed, Bill Thorpe is a man of many interests and talents.
For the past 10 or 12 years, I have known Bill as a fellow member of the board of Fredericton Heritage Trust, where his passion for history and heritage has always come to the fore, whether it entailed escorting the Prince of Wales on a motor vehicle tour of our heritage buildings here in Fredericton, or staunchly advocating the rehabilitation of the York Street train station. [On a personal note, Bill, and another Trust colleague – Bob Dallison – initiated me into the Trust's "plaques and awards" committee. Prior to setting out to review the candidate buildings, the committee convened at a local pub to review our notes. At the end of this session, I - as the "rookie" - was called upon by Bill and Bob to pay the tab. Additionally, my working knowledge of the proper procedures for conducting meetings (as vice-president/president of the Trust) was not very extensive, but Bill could be counted on return me to the correct course.]
In the 1970's and 80's, Bill was a key figure in preserving the very core of downtown Fredericton from less-than-sensitive developers. Part of our display in the lobby includes an article from a (fall) 1980 issue of Maclean’s magazine, outlining the events/outcome surrounding development pressures in Fredericton which many thought threatened the core of the downtown area. The article ends with a quote from Bill (as deputy mayor): "Downtown Canada is a little richer for this decision." Fredericton is much richer for people such as Bill Thorpe.
Please join me in a round of applause for Bill.
]]>The Trust operates now in a fast-moving, well-connected, multi-skilled national network of organizations and individuals. The challenges we have to meet are societally significant. As one of our chief colleagues, the Heritage Canada Foundation (HCF) in Ottawa (www.heritagecanada.org) argues, we face "four important aspects of heritage conservation today: the economics of heritage preservation - showing that heritage pays, heritage tourism - a fast growing phenomenon, heritage preservation in the sustainable development context, and the heritage workforce - a human resources issue."(www.advocacyaction.org)
Fredericton therefore may continue to celebrate and use its remaining magnificent inheritance of a built environment, on both sides of the river, but it is evident from many conversations I had around Fredericton that we, as citizens of a growing city, could be more pro-active, especially with education, research and advocacy efforts. The 22nd century's legacy of built heritage is being constructed now, so how might such construction literally build in heritage components to link the past and the future? Children are growing into adults, but with what understanding of how a visible respect for heritage helps create their communal and individual identities? How might the various 21st century generations respectfully enhance, via policies and incentives, our built legacy opportunities? Mindful of such questions, the Trust designed a programme for 2006 to address some of them and to strengthen partnerships with other organisations.
The Trust and the Provincial Archives teamed up to provide a workshop (January 11) on how to research a privately owned heritage property. In late January, we hosted a short visit to the city by the new Executive Director of Heritage Canada Foundation, the internationally respected Natalie Bull (ex NB).
February 16, 2006 saw the celebration of Heritage Week with the Lt. Governor presenting the Trust's Awards for outstanding heritage work, with the Trust's gift to the City for the planting of ten large trees during Arbor Day in May, and a talk by the Clerk of the Legislature about the heritage restoration work in the Legislature she continues to supervise.
March 18 and April 29 saw a duo of well-attended, well-presented lecture/workshops by Dr. Renee Losier on design and colour issues for heritage interiors and exteriors.
In May, for Arbor Day, the Trust, with the City's Recreation Department and Parks and Trees Division, held a successful tree planting on both sides of the river followed by heritage quizzes about the bridge and surrounding houses and the unveiling of new heritage photographs for the Trail Hub building on Station St. The Provincial Archives was a third partner for the trail project.
From April to June the Board worked on arrangements for the first, community-wide heritage photo contest. November16th is the finale -- the prize giving. The top 28 images will be exhibited publicly, beginning in the City Hall Gallery. The contest attracted 80 entrants with 150 (approx) images eligible for judging.
In July, the Garden Tour was again a sell-out, thanks to the work of Barbara Hughes Campbell, John Welling, and garden owners.
The fall period saw intensive, partnership-based planning with the Heritage Branch for the Provincial Heritage Forum, November 1-3. Noteworthy in that event were the ideas and experience that experts from across Canada brought and what they took away; for example, admiration for the Legislature and Old Government House restorations and their hopes that more heritage-minded citizens of Fredericton will assert the economic and cultural importance of heritage. One key result from the Forum was the intention to explore the planning for a provincial heritage trust umbrella organisation, thus bringing NB into the ambits of similar organizations across Canada.
Regarding information sources, the website (www.heritagefredericton.org) continues to garner praise. Thanks to several Trust members, and especially John Leroux, a revised edition of Building capital was prepared and copies printed for sale on/after November 16th.
A review of Heritage Canada Foundation recommended heritage legislation from municipalities and a few provinces is now underway, thanks to the UNB Law School's pro bono programme. Prof. Richard Bird is supervising two Law students, with input from Trust members.
The 2007 year will see more activity that builds on what is needed here and what is happening across Canada. Today’s technology helps us enormously in learning how to mesh with the national scene, but it also raises the bar somewhat in terms of keeping up with new ideas and designing realistic strategies for heritage as community economics, heritage as local tourism, and heritage as regional sustainable community development.
Many people worked hard this year to create what you've just read about. Thank you, and especially to Board members, for those great contributions. In particular, and because of the Trust's award to him on November 15, I pay particular tribute to Bill Thorpe, who never hesitated to respond to my requests for advice or help, and whose keen eye on the clock and the conversations kept Trust Board meetings moving along most expeditiously.
Liz Burge
The "Top 28" images: Congratulations to all the photographers!
ADULT Section
1st prize
Chantal Arseneau
Cityscape at sunset
2nd prize Howard Fritz
Northside pier of old Carleton St. bridge on Devonshire Drive.
3rd prize
Kathleen Breau
Vibrant in the night
Honourable Mentions
Howard Fritz
Recycling: Railway becomes walking trail and
Cotton Mill becomes office building.
Janet Crawford
Aldona at True Food Organics, 207 Charlotte St.
Gladys Jeffery
Your tax dollars at work
Robert Clarke
Busy buses
Natalie Dubé
Eager to play
Dylan Buell
Sunday's best (All Saint's Anglican Church, Canada St.)
Christopher Melanson
Helping a vibrant past live on
Chantal Arseneau
The hill
Tony Parks
Railway Station, York St.
Leigh Merritt
Grey matter from Bailey Drive
Carol Hamilton
Hint of the past (St. Mary's St.)
Janet Crawford
Yellow door at 122 Waterloo Row
Adele Brewer
History to be proud of
Karen Casey
St. John St.
Adele Brewer
Then and now: Intersection with Cotton Mill in background
Anne Marie Bennett
Respecting their heritage (Balas St.)
Leigh Merritt
Looking back, Bridge St.
Pam Nelson
Charlotte St. large family home & four exact houses—the four sisters
Pam Nelson
Aberdeen St.: brick façade of old warehouse near train station
Pam Nelson
Gibson St.: City Spring Service Ltd owner holding up new spring
Anita Newling
Cupola of Charlotte St. Arts Centre
Joanna Everett
Stone bridge, Fredericton
Youth section
1st prize
Taylor Nelson
Hartt Shoe factory with cement truck in front
2nd prize
Taylor Nelson
River Street, Marysville: white house in front of Marysville Place …
3rd prize
Maxime Damecour
Heritaged gables (Marysville)
Fredericton Heritage Trust is pleased to announce that his honour, Lieutenant Governor Herménégilde Chiasson, will address the gathering, inspect selected photographs and present awards to the winners of the Heritage Vision Photo Contest. These photographs will put on public exhibition at City Hall Gallery in late November.
The evening will also feature a Silent Auction which will take place during the Annual General Meeting of The Fredericton Heritage Trust. This is an opportunity to purchase unique gifts for the upcoming holiday season and also support Fredericton Heritage Trust and we are hoping for a great turnout. Wine and other refreshments will be available so please join us for an exciting evening.
]]>The cost of this forum is $75.00 per participant and all delegates must register by October 15, 2006 using the downloadable Registration Form available in English or French.
