Farewell to the Celebration Trees Program

After 11 years and more than 100 trees now planted in community parks across Centre Wellington, we are retiring from this volunteer venture. We are grateful to our team of volunteers, our partner, the Centre Wellington Parks and Recreation Department, and especially to all those who contributed to the program with their donations and their stories about their loved ones.

While Celebration Trees is over, the Township has adopted a similar tree planting/dedication program. For more information, please contact:

Marisa MacKay
Township’s Horticulturalist
mmackay@centrewellington.ca
1 (519) 846-9691 x 261

You can find the Commemorative Tree Selection Form here: 2021 Commemorative Tree Selection Form

Scroll below to view a complete list of the Celebration Tree honorees and where their trees can be found, along with photos from past Celebration Trees events.

This artwork is a digital collage of Beverly Cairns at the Celebration Tree ceremony for her late husband, John, from 2014. It was created by her daughter, Sandra Cairns. We are grateful to have her permission to share it.

Bissell Park, Elora

Lorraine Drew-Brook
Nicholas Brown
Ben Sachse & Sonia Cheng
Dalwood
Kimberly Ann Duffin
Kenny Day
William Ellis
Heather Finch
Joseph Foster
Josephine Furniss
Bob Granger
Barb & Jim Groocock
Thomas Hammond
Stephen Harman
Robert Hulse
Bissell Park, Elora, CONT.

Daniel Koop
Shirley MacRae
Gladys Morley
John Morley
Rhoda Lipton
Eileen Pedersen
Peter & Barbara Peloso
Charles Peppler
Bob Reynolds
Rob Seagrove
Doris & Lloyd Swick
Donna Ross & Peter Szmidt
Darren & Amanda Townsend
Bryan Swick Turner
Ivy (Terry) Watchman
Riki Welland
Drimmie Park, Elora

Donna Allcock
Marilyn Bustard
 Kathie Hammond
The Howe Family
Faylyn Kumagai
Jim & Shelley McElroy 
Midas McKee
 Lyle & Charlene McLaren 
Steve & Joan Reed 
The Rogers Family
Phillip Simpson
Sunni Vann
Jamie Waugh
Elora Meadows, Elora

Shaheeda Bismilla
Maureen Curry
Roy & Vi Wood and Jasper
Carl Kraft
Charles L. McManus
Joslyn Nellis
Berte O’Brecht
Amy Stiles
Janet Isley & Vickey Veale
Maria Elizabeth von Massow
William Warren
Hoffer Park, Elora

Chris Ashbourn
John Cairns
Carole Jadis
Keating Family Park, Elora

Grant Alemany
Millburn Park, Fergus

Rupert H. Banks
Joyce Biggart
Bill Burton
Ron Chilton
Stacey Cooper
M. Anne Evans
Fergus Relay for Life 2013
Ron and Helen Goodall
Colin D. & Keith S. Gray
Judy Jones (Gramsy)
Mae Keep
Millburn Park, Fergus, CONT.

John McTavish
Jim & Peg Newton
Graham Oughton
Shirley Povey-Jennings
Dorita Shaw
Ralph Shaw
Louise Thomson
Joel Waechter
Gary Warren
Karen Watson
Douglas & Violet Watson
Pattison Park, Fergus

Poppy & Olin Braun
Aileen “Mickey” Coles
Steven Davies
Muriel Dawson
Alan M. Laing
Jack Maggs
Lilly Maggs
John McWilliam
Bill Morsink
Ross Robertson
Colin & Hilary Robinson
Revell Park, Fergus

Karen Bailey
Mae Keep
Susan Jane Lee
Southridge Park, Elora

Ken Marskell
Station Square Park, Elora

Elora PS Teachers
Lynda Golletz
Rowan Johnson
Terran Johnson
Derek Laythorpe
HD Laythorpe
Henry Lubbers
Fay Mangos
Velma Jean Pero
Pete & Jean Peters
Malcolm Saylor
Douglas & Violet Watson
Strathallan Park, Fergus

Bahais of Centre Wellington
Bette Ostic
Keith Drinkwater
Avril Hurst
Ryan MacDonald
Tiffany MacDonald Varas
Eric Watson
Karen Watson
Victoria Park, Elora

Trevor Ashbee
Toni Ellis
Josh and Ben Taylor
Veterans Park, Elora

Kenneth E. French
Andrew Jessop
Douglas Johnstone
Janet Holt Johnstone
George Rogers
Colin Williams
Wilke Park, Fergus

Kristie-Lee Leighton
Ken Jessop
Karen Watson

2019

For Benno Dubler
For Barry and Jim Sharpe
For Stanley J Redwood
For Chris Ashbourn
For Grant
For Amy Stiles
For Jim and Peg Newton

2018

In memory of Thomas Hammond
In memory of Shaheeda Bismilla
In memory of Riki Weiland
In memory of Kristie-Lee Leighton
In memory of Ken Jessop
In memory of Josephine Furniss
In memory of Joel Saechter
In memory of Jack and Verna Whitney
In memory of Andew Jessop
In memory of Thomas Hammond

2017

In appreciation of Peter Szmidt and Donna Ross
In memory of Keith Drinkwater
In memory of Avril Hurst
In Memory of Bette Ostic
Jim & Shelley McElroy celebrate Canada’s 150th
The Bahai community helping green Fergus
For Karen Watson

2016

Honouring Ross Robertson
The Rogers Family
Honouring Eileen Pedersen
Honouring Canon Robert Hulse

2015

In memory of Bob Granger – Bissell Park, Elora
In celebration of Ben and Sonia – Bissell Park, Elora
In memory of Bryan Swick Turner – Bissell Park, Elora
In celebration of Dalwood Ross Szmidt – Bissell Park, Elora
In celebration of Doris and Lloyd Swick – Bissell Park, Elora
In memory of Daniel Koop – Bissell Park, Elora
In memory of Joseph Foster – Bissell Park, Elora
In memory of Kenny Day – Bissell Park, Elora
In memory of Rob Seagrove – Bissell Park, Elora
In memory of Shirley MacRae – Bissell Park, Elora
In memory of Stephen Harman – Bissell Park, Elora
In memory of William Ellis – Bissell Park, Elora
In memory of Midas McKee – Drimmie Park, Elora
In memory of Stacey Cooper – Millburn Park, Fergus
In memory of Graham Oughton – Millburn Park, Fergus
In memory of John McTavish – Millburn Park, Fergus
In memory of Shirley Povey-Jennings – Millburn Park, Fergus
In memory of Ron Chilton – Millburn Park, Fergus
In celebration of Karen Watson – Millburn Park, Fergus
In memory of Colin Williams – Veterans Park, Salem

2013

In memory of Vel Pero – Station Square Park
In memory of Vel Pero – Station Square Park
In celebration of Lilly Maggs – Pattison Park, Fergus
In celebration of Rupert Banks – Millburn Park, Fergus
In recognition of Relay for Life’s 10th anniversary – Millburn Park, Fergus
In memory of Heather Finch – Bissell Park, Elora
In memory of Nicholas Brown – Bissell Park, Elora
In memory of Gladys Morley – Bissell Park, Elora

2012

In memory of Kenneth E French – Veteran’s Park, Salem
In memory of Rhoda Lipton – Bissell Park, Elora
In memory of Bob Reynolds – Bissell Park, Elora
In memory of Lorraine Drew-Brook – Bissell Park, Elora
In memory of Elora Environment staff member, Kimberly Anne Duffin – Bissell Park, Elora
In memory of Trevor Ashbee – Victoria Park, Elora

2011

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