Upcoming Hemlock conservation-related closures at Woodland Gardens

UPDATED >>> UPCOMING HEMLOCK CONSERVATION-RELATED CLOSURES AT WOODLAND GARDENS
The Town of Bridgewater's Hemlock Conservation team will begin work in Woodland Gardens in early September as part of the next phase of efforts to protect our community's Hemlock trees against the invasive Hemlock Woolly Adelgid species.

Work in the park will take approximately one month to complete and, as a result, specific sections of Woodland Gardens will be closed to public access on a week-by-week basis. The portions of the park where work is not actively underway will remain open to public use.

Signage and barricades will be placed in the park alerting users to which areas are closed to public access as work proceeds. It is extremely important for the safety of park users to abide by any signage or closure barricades that you encounter, and avoid entering any active conservation work areas.

SECTION 1 > September 3 to 11, 2024 COMPLETED
Southwest end of the trail/park off Exhibition Drive extending toward Elizabeth Avenue. This closure has been extended to Wednesday, September 11, to allow for work to be completed.

SECTION 2 > September 10 - 22, 2024 COMPLETED
South-central portion of the park, extending from Elizabeth Avenue to the pond, extending south to the Fern Avenue/Jubilee Road area. This area will include the Tiny Tots Playground area next to the O'Regan's Subaru Outdoor Swimming Pool.

SECTION 3 > September 23 - October 2, 2024
ONGOING / ACTIVE WORK
North side portion of the park, extending from the pond northward toward Walnut Street, running parallel with Parkdale Avenue.

SECTION 4 > DATE TBD
North side of the park, extending from the pond northward toward Crescent Street and Park Street.

SECTION 5 > DATE TBD
South side of the park, extending from the pond southward toward Jubilee Road and eastward toward Alexandra Avenue. the Town This area will include the space that borders on the meadow to the rear of DesBrisay Museum.

These dates are tentative and weather dependent. If closure dates need to be extended as a result of weather conditions, additional updates will be provided to the public.

The following are tentative dates that we have planned closures if the weather is in our favour, if the weather isn't, then we might have to extend the closures.

For more information about Bridgewater's Hemlock Conservation Project, please visit www.bridgewater.ca/HWA.