HEATHER BOA Bullet News GODERICH – A draft design for tree planting at the Lion’s Harbour Park is on display for public comment.
This is just one in a series of opportunities for the public to get involved in replanting of the popular park, which is home to the annual Celtic Roots Festival, various concerts and barbecues throughout the summer months.
This past weekend, children were scattered through the park, standing tall with arms outstretched so that a local residents could visualize what the open space will look like once it’s replanted with trees recently.
“It was a fun event for them to be the tree,” Denise Van Amersfoort, told council last night. She is the town’s planner and has been instrumental in a project dubbed “Re-Leaf,” which will see a replanting of trees in the public park, which was devastated by the Aug. 21 tornado. It is anticipated an initial planting will be done in the next 30 days, with a much larger planting in the spring of 2012.
The children stood according to a plan created by Martin Quinn, the town’s supervisor of parks and cemeteries. They carried information sheets that gave details of the trees they represented. About 60 people walked through the park, providing input on the proposed design.
A newly launched Christmas fund-raiser will help direct funds to the Re-Leaf project.
At Monday’s council meeting, Coun. Michele Hansen held up a memo holder filled with cards that will be given to donors, with eligible donations receiving tax receipts. The cards are available at town hall.
Below, link to the draft plan for the park and the associated species legend.
Species Legend for Harbour Park Plan
