Isihlahla se-Sycamore esineminyaka engu-150 ubudala, esitholakala emagcekeni e-Eldon House yaseLondon yomlando, sinikezwe isikhundla se-Heritage Tree yi-Forests Ontario. Lesi sihlahla sihlonishwe emcimbini obuhanjelwe ngabamele iForest Ontario, Eldon House, City of London kanye neReForest London ngoNovemba 23.
Simi ngamafidi angama-84 ubude futhi sinomjikelezo wesiqu ongaphezu kwamamitha amathathu, iSihlahla Samagugu siwumbono ohlaba umxhwele. Yatshalwa nguJohn Harris, owakha futhi waba ngumnikazi we-Eldon House kuqala - ikhaya elikhulu elinesitayela saseGeorgia- endaweni yayo eyihektare elilodwa.
UJohn Harris weza eCanada njengengxenye yeButho Lempi Lasemanzini LaseBrithani ukuzolwa eMpini ka-1812. Walwa nabaseMelika eGreat Lakes, futhi ekugcineni wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba yiNgcweti yomkhumbi wempi owawubizwa ngokuthi iPrince Regent. Wahlangana nomkakhe, u-Amelia, ngemva kokuphela kwempi; baqhubeka bathola izingane ezingu-12, eziyishumi kuzo zasinda ziseyizinsana.
Yakhiwa ngo-1834, i-Eldon House ivakashelwe abantu abaningi abaziwayo eminyakeni edlule. Ivakashelwe usopolitiki uColonel Thomas Talbot, abalingisi uJessica Tandy noHume Cronyn, uJohn Labatt (umsunguli weLabatt Brewing Company), uMfundisi Benjamin Cronyn (umbhishobhi waseHuron), ngisho noSir John A. Macdonald (uNdunankulu wokuqala waseCanada).
Le ndawo yahlala emndenini wakwa-Harris izizukulwane ezine ngaphambi kokuthi inikelwe edolobheni ngo-1960. Ngenxa yokuthi ibilokhu ingashintshile kusukela ngekhulu le-19 - iphelele ngamafa omndeni, impahla yakudala kanye ne-decor - manje isisebenza njengendawo yomlando. Izivakashi zingathatha uhambo oluziqondisayo lwendlu kanye nezindawo zayo, futhi amaqembu abantu abangu-12 noma ngaphezulu angabhukha izinkambo eziqondisiwe.
I-Heritage Tree ekuqaleni yayiyingxenye yesitendi se-Sycamores, kodwa manje sekuyisihlahla sokugcina esaphila kusukela ngaleso sikhathi endaweni. I-plaque yakhiwe eduze kwesihlahla, kuhlonishwa isimo saso, yi-Forests Ontario - inhlangano engenzi inzuzo egxile ekutshalweni kwezihlahla, ukubuyisela, imfundo nokuqwashisa.
“Lesi sihlahla siyingxenye yesikhathi esedlule sesifundazwe sethu,” kusho uRob Keen, oyi-CEO yakwaForests Ontario. “UJohn Harris wayitshala eminyakeni eyikhulu nengxenye edlule. Lesi sihlahla sasizoqhubeka sidlalwe ngaphansi futhi sibhekwe yizingane zikaJohane kuphela, kodwa nabazukulu bakhe nabazukulu bakhe. Kuyisikhumbuzo sokuthi uma sitshala izihlahla ziwutshalomali ezizukulwaneni zethu ezizayo.”
Lesi sihlahla sesiphinde saba ikhaya lezizukulwane ezingenakubalwa zezilwane. Le ndawo inondlunkulu abaningi, ama-blue jay, ama-cardinal, ama-brown squirrel, ama-raccoon kanye nama-ground hogs. Phakathi nesikhathi sokuphila kwaso, lesi Sihlahla Samagugu sehlise ikhabhoni yasemkhathini ngamaphawundi angaphezu kuka-100,000; uma kuqhathaniswa, umshayeli ojwayelekile emotweni ephakathi nendawo uzokhiqiza amaphawundi ayi-11,000 we-carbon dioxide ngonyaka.
I-Forests Ontario's Heritage Tree Programme yadalwa ngokubambisana ne-Ontario Urban Forest Council futhi ixhaswe yi-TD Bank Group. Lolu hlelo lusebenzela ukuqoqa nokuxoxa izindaba zezihlahla ezihlukile zase-Ontario, ziqwashisa ngezindinganiso zazo zezenhlalo, zamasiko, zomlando kanye nezemvelo.
“Uhlelo Lwezihlahla Eziyigugu alugcini nje ngokusivumela ukuthi sigubhe umlando wethu, kodwa luphinde lubonise ukubaluleka kokunakekelwa kwesikhathi eside kwezihlahla namahlathi ethu ukuze kusasa kube nesimeme,” kusho u-Andrea Barrack, iPhini likaMongameli weGlobal Corporate Citizenship, iTD Bank Group. . “Ngenkundla yethu yokuba yisakhamuzi esiyinkampani, i-Ready Commitment, siyaziqhenya ngokweseka i-Forest Ontario kanye nalolu hlelo ukuze sisize ukudala ifa lemiphakathi enempilo, enempilo ukuze izizukulwane zijabulele.”
