When: Saturday May 4, 2024, 1:30pm & 3:00 pm (30 min)
Where: 53 Grand Avenue South, Cambridge (across from Gaslight District and Hamilton Family Theatre). Meet at the Great Oak Tree
Walk Leader: Scott Roberts & Hayden Ward
The Cambridge Sculpture Garden is home to the city’s only Historic Designated Tree. This 150-Year-Old Oak Tree survived flooding in 1947 and also the devasting flood of 1974. When the berm was constructed along the Grand River to create a protective barrier, city horticulturalist, John Kingswood came up with an innovative solution to saving the Oak tree. .A five-foot-by-five-foot box was constructed around the tree and drainage pipes were buried extending into the surrounding area. You can still see the original grade of the land five feet down when you look through the deck that surrounds the tree. Not only did the tree survive but it is thriving, and we hope that it will live another 150 years as Oaks have been known to live 300 years!
Join us for Jane’s Walk to see the tree for yourself and hear more about this resilient Oak, the Cambridge Sculpture Garden, and the importance of preserving urban greenspace in our cities.
In commemoration of the Great Flood that happened 50 years ago this spring, this walk is part of multiple events across Cambridge put on by the Firehall Museum.
Check out the full schedule at: https://www.firehallmuseum.ca/greatfloodof74.html
