Our vision is to create a showcase garden honouring the legacy of the Dominion Seed House business for the benefit of the whole community. The 1.8-acre site is part of the former Dominion Seed House property and encompasses an area where the landmark mock-Tudor building once graced highway 7 in Georgetown. This highly recognizable symbol for gardeners across the country, although now vanished, will be replaced with a unique sunken garden within the foundation walls of the old building. These beautiful thick stone walls will provide an attractive backdrop for a secluded garden while providing historical context. Phase 2 will carry the garden, via a meandering dry stone riverbed to a naturalized pond. This phase will emphasize trees, shrubs and perennials in an informal setting. Phase 3 will be more formally laid out with pathways and a band shell as its focal point.

Once completed, this will be an intensively planted spectacular garden that will be a welcome source of pride to local residents, a preserver of our heritage, a habitat for wildlife, a point of interest for tourists and an embellishment of our main thoroughfare.

Construction Phases:
Phase 1, featuring a sunken garden, will have a waterfall and pond, rockery, dry riverbed, bridge, and luscious flower beds. Native shrubs and trees will be incorporated to provide new habitat for birds and animals in the center of town. A unique kiosk will provide interpretive information and historical photographs. It is expected that this garden will become a preferred location for wedding photography, an oasis for local residents and a point of interest for tourists and garden enthusiasts.

Phase 2 will see the development of the dry riverbed within the swale area, which will tie together the sunken garden and the naturalized pond area. Masses of rocks will form the backbone of this area that will be planted with an attractive variety of trees, shrubs and plant materials.

Phase 3 will feature a more formal design, running from the bridge easterly to a band shell. This area will be composed of a series of pathways and formal planting beds that will feature the return of the iris, daylilies and peonies that formerly graced the Dominion Seed House fields for over 60 years. This garden will be a blaze of colour throughout the growing seasons and will be a visual treat for pedestrians, cyclists and motorists alike. It will become a source of pride in the community and a point of interest along the trail system through town. The band shell will provide a focal point and location for concerts or other community activities such as Art-in-the-Park.