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Pinecroft
has been a thriving business in Elgin County since 1948, supplying
fine quality earthenware and stoneware pottery and unique Canadian
gifts to it's customers. The Pinecroft showroom and Green Frog
Tearoom occupy an original log cabin built in 1934 and overlook an
expansive pond which attracts a great variety of wildlife from the
Blue Heron to Canadian Geese. The 54 acre pine forest setting is
remin iscent of Northern Muskoka, an ideal setting for creative
artists. Arthur Caverly had the vision in the 1920's to plant
85,000 pine seedlings and to dredge a 2-1/2 acre lake with teams
of horses. This early conservation has given us today, the
beautiful tranquility of Pinecroft.
Pinecroft Pottery
was started by Arthur Caverly's daughter Selma and her husband
Jimmie Clennell in 1948. It began as a small studio from which
they wholesaled pottery to nearly 200 gift shops across Canada.
Brenda (Caverly) Smith, Arthur's granddaughter, came to Pinecroft
in 1972 to carry on a family tradition. In 1982 Brenda and her
husband Paul, moved the 1850 "Poustie" house from Aylmer
to Pinecroft and began restoring it. They now live there with
their three children. |