Through the Garden Gate: HOGGS HOLLOW - Toronto Botanical Garden

Saturday and Sunday, June 7 and 8, 2025
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

One of Toronto’s largest tours of private gardens. Garden-goers will have the opportunity to visit 14 residential gardens, of varying sizes and themes in the unique Toronto enclave of Hogg’s Hollow. Garden seekers will also have a chance to ask questions and learn something too! Knowledgeable Toronto Master Gardeners will be stationed in each garden and are happy to answer plant and garden design questions. All proceeds from the tour support the Toronto Botanical Garden.

NEW! Onsite pop-ups with musicians, neighbourhood and history experts, including the North York Historical Society and Lost Rivers. Wristband holders will also receive dining discounts at a local restaurant and plant retailer.

This outdoor event can be enjoyed solo or with family and friends, strolling along the tree-lined streets, while skipping in and out of gardens. Come early or linger after the tour to shop or dine at one of the local restaurants in the area.

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Tickets

One-Day Pass, Public $45, TBG Member $40
Two-Day Pass, Public $70, TBG Member $65
Student/Child Pass, $25

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Your one or two-day pass includes:

A self-guided format to discover the gardens at your own pace following a printed guide and map.

Access a comprehensive digital guide with full descriptions of the featured gardens, historical facts, touring tips, and more.

Wildflower seed paper wristband will give you access to the gardens, shuttle buses and dining discounts. After the event, you can plant it in your garden!

A complimentary shuttle bus service is available for participants to “hop on and hop off” along the route, which is also very walkable.

Tour Headquarters

Located in the Green P parking lot beside the Jolly Miller Park at 3885 Yonge Street, M4N 2P2
Open on the weekend of the tour only from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Getting There

Paid parking is available in Green P lot 414 beside headquarters.
The closest subway station is York Mills Station, approximately 300 metres from headquarters.
Click here for directions

About Hogg’s Hollow

James Hogg (1770 -1839) emigrated to Upper Canada from Scotland in 1824 and settled in what is now known as Hoggs Hollow. He named the area York Mills given it was in the Township of York and the presence of mills along the Don River. Hogg built the York Mills Hotel and though it burned down in 1856, his sons rebuilt the hotel in 1857 and throughout its 168 year history was known as the York Mills Hotel, the Jolly Miller (once an infamous gambling den) and now the Miller Tavern. “Hollow” comes from the name of the estate of a prominent Toronto lawyer, William Boultbee Mulock (1873-1912), who made a fortune in cobalt mining in northern Ontario. He died before the house’s completion in 1912. His widow Margaret lived in the house after her husband’s untimely death with her children and later subdivided the land for residential development, sparking the area’s growth. The house at 59 Plymbridge Road still stands, now home of the Hillcrest Progressive School. The Hoggs Hollow area holds many rich stories of the people who lived in this area and events that took place throughout history and up to current day.

Please note:

Online Advance Sales will commence April 1, 2025. Ticket sales are available online before the tour through our website and Eventbrite. Wristbands and maps may be picked up at the Toronto Botanical Garden two weeks in advance of the tour. You will be notified by email when they are available.
In-Person Sales. Available two weeks before the tour at the Toronto Botanical Garden. Tickets will also be available for purchase at tour headquarters on the weekend of the event.
For ticket information and questions email programsupport@torontobotanicalgarden.ca
The tour takes place rain or shine. Please dress for the weather.