Niagara Parks Commission School of Gardening Graduation Program, 1956

The Niagara Parks Commission School of Gardening was organized in 1935 in order to help fill the Commission’s need for skilled gardeners to maintain the extensive parkland owned by the Commission. In 1959 the School was renamed the Niagara Parks Commission School of Horticulture. The name changed again in 1990 to the Niagara Parks Botanical Gardens and School of Horticulture to better reflect the development of the program.

A program of the graduation ceremonies of the Niagara Parks Commission School of Gardening, dated March 24, 1956. The ceremony took place at the Refectory in Queen Victoria Park, Niagara Falls, Ontario. The names of the students in the graduating class include D.G. Bowen, D.C. Cherry, J.H. Church, F.G. Daubert, R.W. Ferguson, D.W. Griffith, F.J.F. Purkis, and G.K. Wright. The program also contains a list of the Park Commissioners and the staff of the School of Gardening.