The Riverview Horticultural Centre Society was established as a non-profit organization in 1992 with the goal of preserving the remaining unique horticultural features of the Riverview Hospital site, which was returned to its hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ name in 2021: səmiq̓ʷəʔelə, or Place of the Great Blue Heron.In December 1992, the Riverview Horticultural Centre Society was founded with a mission, “to preserve and protect the Lands and Trees of the Riverview Hospital site as a community-oriented, financially-viable centre for horticultural, educational and therapeutic activities.” One of the most highly visible and essential elements of the Society’s work is to increase awareness of and advocacy for the site’s arboretum, natural environment and heritage buildings through free public tree walks. The Society also hosted an annual Treefest celebration for twenty-five years. Volunteers from the Riverview Horticultural Society, or the “Friends of Finnie’s” have also participated in “clean[ing] up the overgrowth on the steps and walls to show their unique beauty, and the craftsmanship that created them,” remov[ing] debris from flower beds, and plant[ing] old-fashioned perennials.

The fonds consists of correspondence, scrapbooks, minutes, research materials, maps, photographs, and slides.

The file consists of two annual lists of Riverview Horticultural Centre Society responsibilities and tasks for various Board positions.

The file consists of correspondence and notes relating to the Riverview Stewardship Advisory Committee.

The file consists of the minutes of the Riverview Horticultural Centre Society Annual General Meeting, held December 1, 1994.

The file consists of agendas, minutes, and reports for meetings held in 2001.

The file consists of agendas, minutes, and reports for meetings held in 2002

The file consists of minutes held in 2007.

The file consists of minutes for meetings held in 2018.

The file consists of the 1996 presentation to the public forum on land use and land use position paper, as well as the 2003 land use position paper.

The file consists of an essay, "Riverview Lands: A Future World Class Arboretum," written by Sue Haberger in 2003, along with an executive summary.

The file consists of discrete textual records including correspondence, incomplete notes, reports, and brochures.

The file consists of handwritten and typed, annotated speech and presentation notes.

The file consists of handwritten and typed notes relating to tree tags on səmiq̓ʷəʔelə / Riverview Lands, with several addressing "problem tags."

This series consists of the Riverview Horticultural Centre Society's extant handwritten and typed correspondence dating between 1992-2020.

This series consists of creative works relating to əmiq̓ʷəʔelə (Riverview Lands) and conservation efforts. Works include poetry, song parodies, reflections, and paintings.

This file consists of a painting of the Colony Farm Heritage Cottage. A photograph of an unidentified person handling a printing press is pasted or taped onto the back of the painting.

The file consists of a filmed walk around Riverview which took place on August 23, 2015. The video is 37:10 minutes in length. Also included are audio and video backup files.

Scrapbook includes labelled colour print photographs, news clippings, and materials from events.

Scrapbook includes labelled colour print photographs, news clippings, and materials from events.

The series consists of research materials compiled by the Riverview Horticultural Centre Society, including reports from government bodies, notes from external surveys and workshops, and materials collected from other archival institutions.

The file consists of agendas, minutes, and reports for meetings held in 1996.

The file consists of handwritten minutes for the December 5, 2000 meeting of the Riverview Horticultural Centre Society as well as associated materials for that meeting.

The file consists of a President's Report from June 6, 2013 and partial minutes likely dating to mid December 2013.