One of the university’s most unique memorials is the Stewart Moore Carolinian Garden near Leddy Library. It’s no exaggeration to say Helen Moore BA ’73 created the garden for her husband. She dug and planted most of it herself, and continues to tend the native plants that attract song birds to the hub of campus with progressive blooms from spring to fall. The garden was dedicated in 2002.
Stewart Moore is best remembered as a professor and mentor, but many alumni also remember that he called them annually during the phonathon. As a volunteer caller, he was a perennial leader in total gifts raised.
Stewart and Helen also donated to create a bursary for social work students. Helen increased her donation following Stewart’s passing, and with matching funds from the Ontario government, the endowment has been able to provide bursaries of $1,000 a year to five deserving students in Social Work.
View a video of the garden.
As a butterfly garden, the Stewart Moore Carolinian Garden and is a registered Monarch Watch waystation with MonarchWatch.org.
Feel free to visit the garden and observe the natural flora and fauna. The photos below depict (clockwise from top left): ironweed (July), wild bergamont (July), milkweed (June), serviceberry (June), butterfly weed (June), trillium (May), witch hazel (April), black-eyed susan (June-July), redbud (May), and in the centre: bottlebrush grass (June-July).
