Georgetown Nominee recognized at Halton Regional Council for his young Heritage Leaders Award

Today, Halton Regional Council recognized Christian Burrows, who received the Young Heritage Leaders Award from the Ontario Heritage Trust. Christian was acknowledged for over 10 years of volunteer work at the Old Seed House Garden in Georgetown.

Image Left to Right – Nancy Field, Manager, Heritage Services Halton Region – Christian Burrows, Georgetown Nominee from the Ontario Heritage Trust – Gary Carr, Halton’s Regional Chair

“Halton Regional Council is very happy to congratulate Christian on his achievement” said Gary Carr, Halton’s Regional Chair. “Christian’s commitment to protecting and preserving the heritage of the Dominion Seed House, for future generations through the Old Seed House Garden project is an example to follow”.

Halton Region nominated Christian Borrows in October 2008 for the Young Heritage Leaders Award in cultural heritage for his volunteer work at the Old Seed House Garden. Through this annual program the Ontario Heritage Trust recognizes local youth for significant voluntary contributions to preserving, protecting and promoting local heritage.

Christian was just 6 years old when he began helping out with the Old Seed House Garden Project. His numerous contributions to the project include planting bulbs, laying sod, mulching trees, distributing project flyers, assisting with garage sales, preparation of the building foundation, bridge construction, compost bin building, and signage development and installation. In addition, Christian regularly checks the Garden, repairing any damage done by vandals and removing graffiti from the Garden’s gazebo.

The Old Seed House Garden is a two-acre civic garden that evolved from an effort to save the heritage plant material on the former Dominion Seed House property following the demolition of the buildings to make way for new development. The Garden honours the legacy of the Dominion Seed House which thrived for 64 years as a mail-order seed company. The Dominion Seed House was a highly recognized symbol for gardeners across Canada and was rated the largest mail-order business in Canada for much of its history.

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