Quispamsis looks at rezoning former Brunswick Nurseries property

Brunswick Nurseries closed its doors for good in 2025.

Now, the Town of Quispamsis is considering rezoning the properties that made up the garden centre.

The site, on Model Farm Road in the eastern part of the town, had previously been zoned Neighbourhood Commercial in recognition of the commercial use of the land.

But according to a report from municipal staff, that designation does not list a nursery as “a permitted or secondary use under Neighbourhood Commercial Zones.”

The rezoning process, started by the Town, would rezone the area to Rural.

That process was started before the new owner of the land registered an approved subdivision to create three lots.

The new owner wants the rezoning to Rural to support residential development.

But there are some concerns from neighbours in the area.

Kathryn Jankowski lives across the road with her husband.

She came to council to express concerns about water runoff, an issue she said already causes some problems on her property.

“In the last year we’ve noticed a lot more water coming down our driveway instead of in the intended waterways on either side of the property,” she said.

“We’ve also noticed that water not only seeps over the driveway but under the driveway and it’s causing some erosion in our asphalt. Our driveway is really long and steep, so I can’t imagine it’s going to cost us to fix that.”

She also expressed some concerns about well water in the area, particularly after the dry summer in 2025, and whether existing wells on the property may be tapped for any development.

Jankowski said she wanted to be sure council was aware of these issues before any development proceeds.

Planning and Development Services Manager Dwight Colbourne said the town’s engineering department is looking into the concerns.

He said the overall development plan for these properties is simply residential development.

“So single-family residential development that would require obviously submissions of building permits to the municipality,” he said.

“At this stage in terms of when those developments will happen, basically it comes to a point of when they’re purchased and then obviously the timeline for development. So at this stage there have been no formal applications come forward in terms of specific developments of these properties.”

Colbourne said the concerns Jankowski raised would be considered in any development.