To celebrate its 140th anniversary in 2018, the Stratford and District Horticultural Society decided to raise the profile of local public gardens in Stratford, Ontario. The town on the Avon River in Perth County in southwestern Ontario is home to the live-theatre Stratford Festival that attracts 500,000 visitors a year. The initial idea was a printed guide, but … [Read more...] about Stratford promotes local gardens to visitors
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Travel the Garden Promenade in Ottawa/Gatineau
Here’s a city bus tour of a different kind: every Saturday morning throughout the season, the Garden Promenade bus takes visitors to Ottawa/Gatineau on a freewheeling floral trip that highlights the cities’ 50 gardens. Yes, 50 gardens! Surely that makes the National Capital Region the Garden Capital of Canada. Travelling through city neighbourhoods (including Sussex Drive’s … [Read more...] about Travel the Garden Promenade in Ottawa/Gatineau
Quinte Botanical Gardens opens in eastern Ontario
A new botanical garden opened in August 2017 in southeastern Ontario. Quinte Botanical Gardens is a six-acre site in Frankford, Ont., developed by Deanna Groves and John Reidl, who operate The Garden Place landscape design and installation business. After 10 years of planning, work started in spring 2016. “We have always enjoyed visiting gardens in our travels, and feel that a … [Read more...] about Quinte Botanical Gardens opens in eastern Ontario
RBG opens rejuvenated Rock Garden
The classic Rock Garden destination at the Royal Botanical Gardens (RBG) in Ontario re-opened to the public in May 2016 after a three-year, $20-million rejuvenation project in the garden, located between the cities of Hamilton and Burlington. The original Rock Garden was a Depression-era project that transformed an abandoned gravel pit into a majestic bowl using 10,000 … [Read more...] about RBG opens rejuvenated Rock Garden
Ottawa’s Central Experimental Farm
If you didn’t know the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa was the first research station to be established by an Act of Parliament in 1886, the stunning display of more than 600 peonies, including those developed by prolific CEF hybridizer A.P. Saunders, would shout out their heritage with their blousy blooms, stocky stems and hardy disposition. If you didn’t know that … [Read more...] about Ottawa’s Central Experimental Farm
