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wouldn’t be an ideal place for an
ordinary garden due to the fact that
it is well-shaded, but Vicky, who is
the president of the Goderich
Horticultural Society, feels that the
minimal plants will work well with
the surveying monuments.
She said that special breeds ofroses known as explorer roses,which are named after famous
Canadian explorers, will accent the
garden and that the Rose of 1812,
also known as battle roses, will mark
the entry to the garden on the North
Street property.
Aside from that, she said that
traditional Huron County plants will
be placed throughout the garden.
The project is currently in the
planning stage with stakes already
placed to mark where the fence
around the garden will be.
It will be on the Culbert’s
property, but it is open to the public.
“We’re going to run it during
business hours,” Vicky said.
The duo believes that this is an
excellent way to preserve history
and follow their passions
simultaneously as well as a perfect
opportunity to show what the
monuments look like in hopes of
finding more of them.
“We don’t know if this will
interest anyone beyond engineers
and surveyors,” he said.
“But it’s something we want to do
and we don’t know of any other
gardens in existence,” she said. “We
want to preserve the history of
surveying for those interested.”
Currently the couple is actively
seeking road survey markers which,
due to plowing and road
construction, are often lost.
Doug said that local road crews
have said they would keep an eye
out so he could work with them, but
they are few and far between
due to the amount of debris
and damage that can occur at a
roadside.
The monuments that will populate
the garden are already beginning to
accumulate at the office and there
are three more in Toronto for Doug
to pick up. Those three, however,may be the most daunting of thecollection because they have been
described as very large.
The entire collection will be on
loan from the association to the
Culberts to be used and stored in
their garden.
For more information on the
garden, or to report possiblelocations of monuments, contactDoug at dculb@cabletv.on.ca or call
(519) 524-5321.
For more information on
monuments and what to look for
visit The Association of Ontario
Land Surveyors’ website at
www.aols.org
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A sought-after marker
Vicky Culbert, a member of the Ontario Land Surveyors
Association Archive and Historical Committee, along with
her husband Doug, another member of the committee and
a surveyor from Goderich, plan on making a garden out of
survey monuments. She is shown above holding the top of
a road marker that she hopes to find more of to put in the
garden which will be kept beside Doug’s office on 49 North
Street in Goderich. (Denny Scott photo)