About Richard Weeden Richard Weeden and his wife, Marie, took over the management of Edenbank Farm in 1970 and subsequently tried in vain to have it preserved as a provincial heritage site. He and Marie co-edited Edenbank: The History of a Canadian Pioneer Farm in 2003. Books by Richard Weeden Edenbank The History of a Canadian Pioneer Farm by (author) Oliver N. Wells edited by Marie Weeden & Richard Weeden foreword by Allan Fotheringham