Showing posts with label Finnies garden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Finnies garden. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Whats new at Finnies

Was up at Finnies yesterday, Roger, Don,and  myself fixed a bad water leak, a hemlock trees roots had grown thicker and split the polyethylene pipe. At the same time we shut down the bathroom, since it appears that no government staff will be around to lock the place up and shut off the water before the big freeze happens, as in past years.  Makes me wonder what is going on inside and outside the buildings, to protect the water supplies.???? We shut  the water off, which now means that the goldfish pond is now on its own, dependant on rain water to keep the levels up, the pond still leaks, probably always will, even though we put a lot of work into it many years ago.  Still the pond has been working much better than in the past.

Ala, shed , the mouse hotel.  The MURAL in Panoramio, which is on the wall to the right in this photo.

Something from the far north

Say what? Something from the far south. We have it all at Finnies Garden

The information signage
A few pictures along the road beside Finnies Garden,  rock wall  ONE ---  looking at the area before the bowling green TWO both in Panoramio

Sunday, September 25, 2011

A few pictures of Finnie's Garden from the past

1951


 1956

 1964
All of these pictures are courtesy of the Riverview Museum

Thursday, August 9, 2007

Finnie's Garden, located at Riverview Hospital,Coquitlam,B.C.


Art Finnie, at the official dedication of Finnie's Garden in May,1994

Originally known as; "Farm View", This 2 acre plot of land located in the higher lands of Riverview Hospital, was a early start at horticultural therapy at the hospital. It all started on April,18,1951, when a nurse; Arthur Brian "Art" Finnie, was had previously been asked by a Dr.Bruce Bryson to start a garden project. Art Finnie, took on this task with gusto, and the garden quickly became known as "Finnie's Garden".
Finnie's now has its own click-able MAP that links to pictures, with text about some of the history about the garden.
Check out the YouTube slide-shows, an easy way to get a feel for the garden.

An article in the Tri-City news: Finnie’s Friends pull weeds and drink tea


Finnie's in the news

Finnie's in the news

Pond restoration

Finnies slideshow

Yogi

Yogi