Canada’s garden route – Garden Making

Take a garden route to tour a region

October 10, 2018June 7, 2016 by Heather White

One of the gardens on the Ontario garden route for the Rural Gardens of Grey and Bruce Counties.

You can tour multiple gardens in a region by following a garden route. The gardens on a regional map are promoted as a tourist destination for the summer.

The best of Canada Garden Route tour

February 4, 2019August 26, 2013 by Lorraine Flanigan

Lorraine Flanigan picks highlights from her coast to coast tour of the Canada Garden Route, from Victoria to St. John’s.

Restoration and rejuvenation at Royal Botanical Gardens

February 4, 2019July 3, 2013 by Lorraine Flanigan

The small dawn redwood planted in 1952 now towers over the Prehistoric Garden.

Plants have a habit of growing. That’s what’s been happening at Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington — Ontario’s oldest botanical garden.

Vancouver’s VanDusen: An ever-changing garden

February 7, 2019May 22, 2013 by Lorraine Flanigan

You see something different every day at VanDusen Botanical Garden

You never know what you might encounter at Vancouver’s VanDusen Botanical Garden. The gardens entice exploration, no matter what the season.

My working day at Butchart Gardens

February 4, 2019May 17, 2013 by Lorraine Flanigan

Lorraine Flanigan is put to work at Butchart Gardens.

In Victoria, B.C., Butchart Gardens has expanded beyond its founder’s vision. Jenny Butchart laid the ground work of this estate.