Introduction
Planting the Seeds
Cultivating the Garden
The Cultivators
Horticultural Societies and Garden Clubs
Experimental Farms and Seed Nurseries
Botanical Gardens
Heritage Seeds and Gardening
Reaping the Harvest
Bibliography
Photos by Beth Powning
Other Gardening Sites
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The Cultivators
Botanical Gardens
Botanical gardens and arboreta (those devoted to woody plants) offer beautiful displays of interesting and often unusual plants. They also play an important role in research and education, as well as provide general information to the public. Most are connected with a university or are government-funded institutions.
Botanical gardens were first developed in Italy in the mid-16th century. The first Canadian botanical garden still in existence was created in 1887 at the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa. Today, the Directory of Canadian Botanical Gardens and Arboreta lists nearly 80 of these special gardens, from the Botanical Garden at Oxen Pond in St. John's, to the Yukon Botanical Garden in Whitehorse. Their most important function is to provide a space of natural beauty where plants can be enjoyed and where learning takes place.
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Mia et Klaus.
Le Jardin Botanique de Montréal, La Revue des Amis du Jardin botanique de Montréal.
Montréal: Éditions de l'Homme, 1994. |
| "The Montreal Botanical Garden, with its collection of 26,000 plant species and varieties, 10 exhibition greenhouses and some 30 thematic gardens, is undeniably one of the loveliest botanical gardens in the world." [translation] |
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"De la Terre Jusqu'au ciel: Le Jardin Botanique, L'Insectarium, Le Biodôme et le Planétarium de Montréal", Muse, spring 1995, p. 49. (Available in English as "From Heaven to Earth: The Montreal Botanical Garden, Insectarium, Biodôme and Planetarium", Muse.) |
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Quatre-Temps, La Revue des Amis du Jardin botanique de Montréal, Vol. 20, No. 1, spring 1996. |
| The Royal Botanical Gardens, with over 1000 hectares of wilderness, steep cliffs and deep ravines, natural wetlands, and exotic flowering landscapes was founded in 1929. Nearly 1000 wild plant species can be found along its 30 miles of hiking trails. |
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Visitors' Map, Royal Botanical Gardens, Hamilton. |
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