The Toronto Botanical Garden (TBG) celebrates natural beauty through popular horticultural and environmental programs and renowned ornamental gardens. An extensive addition to the TBG includes the...
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Great care was taken in this building to provide a superior indoor environment for employees and guests. A comprehensive Indoor Air Quality Management Program was implemented during construction to...
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The green roof on the Dembroski Centre for Horticulture is over 2,400 square feet and acts as a shallow planter. The soil and plant roots absorb rainwater and pollutants, which helps with storm water...
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This sculptural garden forms a buffer zone between the parking lot and the gardens. Its underlying structure is built of waste from the original construction site and includes recycled materials...
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This garden recreates two distinct habitats that form part of Toronto's native plant heritage. The western area rests on part of the Wilket Creek ravine and exhibits the attributes of the Carolinian...
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The privacy of this courtyard is preserved by a wall of acid-etched glass, natural stone and espaliered fruit trees. Fragrant shrubs and
white-flowering perennials make this elegant space ideally...
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Dutch plantsman and nurseryman, Piet Oudolf, and local Toronto Landscape Architect, Martin Wade, collaborated on the design of the Arrival Courtyard.
Bold and contemporary, geometric lines of the...
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The Entry Garden Walk was designed by Dutch garden designer and plantsman, Piet Oudolf. His first Canadian project, this garden is inspired by his New Wave Planting style using bold drifts of...
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For everyone's enjoyment of the gardens, your safety, the comfort of others and the protection of the gardens:
PLEASE...
Stay on the designated paths and out of the planting beds. Do not climb...
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Still under development, this garden located at the corner of Lawrence Avenue and Leslie Street, is highly visible from the street and announces the presence and beauty of the gardens that lie...
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