Heritage Underground - A History of Root Cellars in Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Underground - A History of Root Cellars in Newfoundland and Labrador Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador
June 17, 2011 – Julie Pomeroy and Crystal Braye ask Andrew Boland what a root cellar is. Interviewer: Can you tell me what a root cellar is? Andrew […]
June 22, 2011 – Julie Pomeroy interviews Ross Traverse about the use of root cellars and how specific items have different storage methods. Ross Traverse: In Newfoundland, the […]
Built by John Young Sr. circa 1938, it is still owned by the Young family.
The community of Placentia in Newfoundland has constructed a community garden equipped with a large greenhouse, composting bins, and raised flower beds.
Exterior of Crocker Root Cellar in Bradley’s Cove, Newfoundland. This root cellar was built in circa 1830 and is a very rare example of a steeply-gabled, stone corbel-vaulted […]
George Pearce’s Root Cellar is also commonly referred to as Rex Chaulk’s Root Cellar. Built in 1859, this hillside cellar has a small portion of its stacked stone […]
Tom Porter’s hillside root cellar was built in 1879 and features a stone exterior and wooden door on its exterior. This cellar has an interesting piece of local […]
Now in ruins, the Newman and Company’s root cellar was a two storey building constructed on their plantation. It was partially dug into a hillside; the lower storey […]
The “Twin Cellars,” also known as the “Upstairs-Downstairs,” are hillside root cellars built in 1915 by Jim and Dan Goodland. These hillside cellars are constructed of a stacked […]
Depiction of the interior vegetable storage space layout of a root cellar.