Imagine having a 33 acre park in our downtown

Heritage Gardeners-Nipissing Botanical Gardens
News Release

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An exciting event is about to occur at the Community Waterfront Park. On Friday, May 7 at 11:00 am Heritage Gardeners-Nipissing Botanical Gardens will be transplanting the first trees from the tree nursery to the Community Waterfront Park.

In 2006 the Nipissing Botanical Gardens Committee , along with several partners including the City of North Bay, North Bay Mattawa Conservation Authority, Eagle Tree Service and two brand new teams of Heritage Gardeners, the Outlanders and the Green Berets, planted 6000 shrubs and 400 trees seedlings at two sites along Chippewa Creek near Hammond St. and Second Ave. East. This was made possible through funding from Trees Canada-Walmart Foundation and NECO. Four years later some of the small “sticks” are 14 feet tall trees and ready for their permanent home at the Community Waterfront Park. To the volunteers and residents who stewarded this project , it means our park vision is well on its way to a reality. 

Imagine having a 33 acre park in our downtown . . . our very own ‘Central Park’!

Please join us for a ceremonial planting on the park site, east of the underpass, Friday, May 7, 2010 at 11 am. It will be an opportunity to thank the volunteers who initiated the first tree nursery ever in the city of North Bay in 2006 as well as to thank the funding agencies who have contributed to the development of our park.  I hope that you will consider taking part in this next step.

Our vision for a park-like city instead of a city with parks really is more than possible with the addition of the Community Waterfront Park.

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