Central Experimental Farm

The walk will begin at 10:00 am sharp!  

Starting at the Dominion Observatory we'll walk south on Maple Drive, take a right onto Winding Lane, and then return to Maple Drive and continue south to the Agriculture Museum.   From there, we will go into the ornamental garden area to view the Macoun Sunken Gardens, then return to the heritage Observatory. 

See the second edition of Katharine's book, Capital Walks: Walking Tours of Ottawa, page 282, for a map that gives a clear indication of the route.  Katharine will have copies of her book available for sale at the walk. 

Katharine Fletcher is a visual artist, freelance writer, and author of several guides to the National Capital Region ( Historical Walks: The Gatineau Park Story; Promenades historiques dans le parc de la Gatineau; Capital Walks: Walking Tours of Ottawa; Capital Rambles: Exploring the National Capital Region; and, with her husband Eric Fletcher, co-authored Quebec Off the Beaten Path ). She writes environment, nature, gardening, and eco-tourism columns and features for such markets as explore magazine, travel2next.com, Tourisme Outaouais (blog), Canadian Tourism Commission, Ottawa Outdoors Magazine, West Quebec Post, Pontiac Journal, Aylmer Bulletin, and youngatheartnewspaper.ca .  She teaches art with Get Art (facebook.com/contactgetart/), leads custom hiking/walking tours, and is a public speaker specializing in raising awareness about the human and natural history of Ottawa, Gatineau Park, and the National Capital Region; as well as writing and publishing. She and her husband Eric Fletcher also are on the Pontiac, Quebec-based Gardens and Gifts Tour, where they showcase gardens at Spiritwood, their hobby farm, and sell their and other artists' art (http://gardensandgifts.blogspot.ca/).

Web presence:
Discover my world at: www.katharinefletcher.com
FaceBook: facebook.com/katharine.fletcher 
Artist FaceBook page:  facebook.com/KatharineFletcherArtist/

Twitter: @Spiritwood
Instagram: @spiritwoodkf

Note that Katharine Fletcher will also be leading a walk at Meech Lake in Gatineau Park.  Details.