ACO Port Hope Garden Tour 

Saturday, July 6th, 2013
See details here

ACO Port Hope House Tour 

Saturday, October 5th, 2013
Garden Tour Tickets - Available through PayPal and Local Merchants
C$
20.00    
 
 




Tickets are $20 each and available online through PayPal.
Click on the Add to Cart button. You can select multiple tickets when you go to your PayPal cart.

You will receive immediate confirmation of payment through PayPal.

Your tickets will be mailed directly to your registered PayPal address.




Garden Tour Tickets may also be purchased locally:

-Pine Ridge Nursery, Hwy. #2
-Acanthus Interiors, Port Hope
-Furby House Books, Port Hope
-Herma's Fine Foods and Gifts, Hwy 28, Port Hope
-Garden Hill General Store, Garden Hill
-With All My Heart, Cobourg



Our Mission

The Port Hope Branch of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario is one of the largest and most active branches in the province. The mission of the ACO is to help preserve buildings and structures of architectural merit and to protect places of natural beauty. The executive of our local branch has worked hard to follow this mission, led by the example of many dedicated volunteers who have gone before us. Because of the work of our local branch, Port Hope can now boast one of the finest inventories of historically important homes and buildings in Canada. 



Our Mission in Practice

In 2002 the Municipality of Port Hope was awarded the prestigious honour of possessing the finest heritage mainstreetscape in Ontario. Through the foresight of those who worked diligently for architectural preservation in the 1950's and 60's, their hard work is now paying huge dividends for those many local businesses, catering to an economically important tourist trade.

In our many years, through our fundraising, we have saved and helped fund the restoration of many buildings – residential, as well as many landmark civic buildings. See some of these buildings here.

Hundreds of visits are paid to our wonderful town every year as visitors stroll our many historic streets and laneways, marvel at our heritage architecture and partake of some much needed quiet enjoyment.    



Our People

Every year this active branch of volunteers raises and then donates tens of thousands of dollars for the cause of historical architectural preservation. Our association also looks after the cost of maintaining the still active C.N. train station, a local, turn of the century stone building in the heart of the community. We administer the "A.K. Sculthorpe Heritage Trades Scholarship Fund" set up to invest in the future of our heritage in Northumberland County by offering scholarships to local residents enrolling in the Algonquin College Heritage Institute. As well, the Port Hope ACO Heritage Fund actively solicits heritage restoration projects to finance, offering attractive financial terms and grants for qualifying projects. 

The Board of Directors of the Port Hope Branch of the ACO meet the first Thursday of every month. If you or your delegation would like to be put on our agenda please contact our office at 905-885-7929. Our branch publishes "ACO Matters", a branch newsletter four times per year. If you have announcements, comments or opinions you would like published or if you would like to advertise your business or service, contact the ACO Matters editor.