Teaching Garden
This garden, located a 5-minute walk through Edwards Gardens, provides a unique space for children to learn by interacting with the environment. Since 1998, the Toronto Botanical Garden has offered …
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Beryl Ivey Knot Garden
Knot gardens demonstrate the formal art of pruning and shaping plants in a defined garden space. They first appeared in English, French and Italian gardens in the sixteenth century. This …
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The George and Kathy Dembroski Centre for Horticulture
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 George and Kathy Dembroski …
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The green roof
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 …
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Terraced Garden
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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Nature’s Garden
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 …
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Floral Hall Courtyard
The privacy of this courtyard is preserved by a water feature wall, natural stone and espaliered fruit trees. Fragrant shrubs and white-flowering perennials make this elegant space ideally suited for evening …
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Arrival Courtyard
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 metal cages form the …
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Garden Etiquette
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. …
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Spiral Mound
The spiral pathway winds its way to the viewing platform at the top of the Spiral Mound. Situated three metres above the ground, the mound is a focal point and …
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