The Arboretum follows a green space from
Wellington Street to St. John side road. It has pave and unpaved trails,
lovely bridges and a large variety of flowers, trees and shrubs, and
native species. It is home to butterflies, song birds and small mammals.
Daffodil Garden is apparently 3 years old (2017) a beautiful initiative of volunteers from Aurora belonging to Aurora Community Arboretum
A large memorial daffodil garden .
October 29th 2017 an enthusiastic group of volunteers planted 1,000 daffodil
bulbs in the Arboretum. This will bring a grand total of 5,500 daffodils
in the Field of Gold.
The trail continues north and eventually joins the Tom Taylor trail in
Newmarket. You can follow the Tom Taylor trail north beyond Green Lane
to the Rogers Reservoir.
The 100 acre park has other facilities
such as playground for children and baseball diamonds and soccer fields.
There is also a community center that has a gym, a pool and a hockey
rink open all year round.
Like much of the land in York Region, this
was forested land before the settlers came and actively
farmed the area. The Aurora Community Arboretum aims to help restore
some of that former
forest grandeur.
The idea for the Aurora Arboretum began about 1995 and it was
established in 1996. The primary focus of the individuals working on the
project
at that time was to plant caliper trees as memorials. These
first plantings are located in the valley of the East Holland River,
just west
of the Aurora Town Hall. The planting of the memorial trees
(as of 2007 called Commemorative Trees) is done under Adopt-a-Park
Agreements with
the Town of Aurora.
A 200 years old healthy tree was cut April 2017. here is the result. These old
trees should be protected even tough the carved sculpture is beautiful.
That was a tree older that the town itself.
Links
http://www.auroraarboretum.ca/get-involved/commemorate
