Harry Barrett remembers visiting the St. Williams Forestry Station as a child. The man in charge would tell him to climb onto the "running-board" and hang on. Then Harry would be in for the ride of his life. He recalls being taken to the latest tree-planting area ~ beds of tiny seedlings.

In They Had a Dream, Barrett presents a well-researched, well-documented, detailed history of the origin and evolution of a forestry nursery in Norfolk County, Ontario. Photographs, names, dates and numerous interviews with descendants of workers make this a rich history of a unique operation.

Published by Port Rowan/South Walsingham Heritage Association, 2008. Approx. 8 1/2" x 11". 191 pages. Available at The Neat Little Bookshop. Author signed. $25.

Tomorrow: An insight into the business of conserving Ontario's trees.