James Gardens
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James Gardens was purchased by Metro Toronto for $150,000 in 1955. It was the estate of Mr. and Mrs. Fred T. James. In 1908 Mr. James purchased the property from his wife's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Rumney, as well as the adjoining land from the Home Smith Company. This purchase totalled 21 acres (84,984.1 m²) of hills, valleys, virgin forest
and bush meadow
land on the west side of the Humber River
in Etobicoke, Ontario.
The James home is situated on the top west corner of the estate at Edgehill Road. It is a two story, red gabled stone
house. The stones were taken from the Humber River, just below the house. The building is now occupied by the Toronto Hunters and Anglers Association and the Etobicoke Historical Society. The horse stables were located below the house where the northwest stairs are now. Part of the original wall can still be seen. Various horseshoes, nails and coins have been found in the flower beds.
Metro Toronto Parks Department has taken over the James Estate since 1955. It is open to the public and consists of eight acres under Bent grass, with over twenty flower beds, specimen plantings, various rock gardens, nature trails, three large and four small ponds, a carp pool and a lawn bowling court. For many years until 1975, James Gardens was supervised by Mr. Joseph Herschberg, who moved on to the position of Foreman at Edwards Gardens
. He replaced Dick Maier who went over to supervise the activities at James Gardens in the late 70's and early 80's. Each year thousands of flowers and over 75,000 tulips are planted in the beds, whose designs and materials
are changed each year in the rock gardens and under the well pruned trees and shrubs. Each year there are tens of thousands of visitors and hundreds of weddings and receptions held on the grounds of James Gardens. The CBC shot scenes here each summer for the program "This is the Law
", with Paul Soles
.
Forest
A forest, also referred to as a wood or the woods, is an area with a high density of trees. As with cities, depending where you are in the world, what is considered a forest may vary significantly in size and have various classification according to how and what of the forest is composed...
and bush meadow
Meadow
A meadow is a field vegetated primarily by grass and other non-woody plants . The term is from Old English mædwe. In agriculture a meadow is grassland which is not grazed by domestic livestock but rather allowed to grow unchecked in order to make hay...
land on the west side of the Humber River
Humber River (Ontario)
The Humber River is one of two major rivers on either side of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the other being the Don River to the east. It was designated a Canadian Heritage River on September 24, 1999....
in Etobicoke, Ontario.
The James home is situated on the top west corner of the estate at Edgehill Road. It is a two story, red gabled stone
STONe
is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Sin-Ichi Hiromoto. Kodansha released the two bound volumes of the manga on April 23, 2002 and August 23, 2002, respectively.The manga is licensed for an English-languague released in North America be Tokyopop...
house. The stones were taken from the Humber River, just below the house. The building is now occupied by the Toronto Hunters and Anglers Association and the Etobicoke Historical Society. The horse stables were located below the house where the northwest stairs are now. Part of the original wall can still be seen. Various horseshoes, nails and coins have been found in the flower beds.
Metro Toronto Parks Department has taken over the James Estate since 1955. It is open to the public and consists of eight acres under Bent grass, with over twenty flower beds, specimen plantings, various rock gardens, nature trails, three large and four small ponds, a carp pool and a lawn bowling court. For many years until 1975, James Gardens was supervised by Mr. Joseph Herschberg, who moved on to the position of Foreman at Edwards Gardens
Edwards Gardens
Edwards Gardens is a botanical garden located on the southwest corner of Leslie Street and Lawrence Avenue East in Toronto, Ontario. It is also the site of the Toronto Botanical Garden, a private not-for profit organization previously called the Civic Garden Centre.It is a former estate garden...
. He replaced Dick Maier who went over to supervise the activities at James Gardens in the late 70's and early 80's. Each year thousands of flowers and over 75,000 tulips are planted in the beds, whose designs and materials
are changed each year in the rock gardens and under the well pruned trees and shrubs. Each year there are tens of thousands of visitors and hundreds of weddings and receptions held on the grounds of James Gardens. The CBC shot scenes here each summer for the program "This is the Law
This is the Law
This is the Law was a Canadian panel game show which aired on CBC Television from 1971 to 1976.It presented short, humorous vignettes which ran with musical accompaniment rather than a soundtrack, and challenged panellists to guess which law was being broken by the "Lawbreaker" character , who...
", with Paul Soles
Paul Soles
Paul Robert Soles is a Canadian actor and television personality.-Acting roles:He is best known as the voice of Hermie the misfit elf in Rankin/Bass' Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer in 1964....
.