Royal Botanical Gardens 680 Plains Road West, Burlington / Hamilton http://www.rbg.ca/
Living museum which serves local, regional and global communities while developing and promoting public understanding of the relationship between the plant world, humanity and the rest of nature.
Come be part of the Story. Located in Springbank Park, this theme park is All New All Fun All Year with 8 New Chapters of Fun, Learning and Adventure having undergone extensive renovations it is now a year-round family attraction. Storybook Gardens has enchanted children with its animals, displays and playground equipment since it’s opening in 1958. The All New Storybook Gardens features water play with the largest splash pad in London called Slippery’s Great Escape, high intensity play and adventure at Pirates Island, or discover our agricultural roots with our teaching gardens and Heritage Rare Breeds at Old McDonald’s Farm, or explore Frog Pond with our environmental and ecological programs and much more. The winter of 2003, was the first ever winter season for Storybook Gardens and it featured the All New Storybook Valley Skating Trail a 250 metre artificial ice skating trail.
he Arboretum at the University of Guelph is somewhat modeled after the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University which is 100 years older.
Plantings started in 1971 and are now maturing to produce a beautiful landscape, within which The Arboretum continues to develop specialized gardens, botanical collections, and gene conservation programs. Labels are maintained at the base of all woody plants in the collections that are listed on The Arboretum map.
The Arboretum spans 165 hectares (408 acres) with 8.2 km of signed trails. Observed at The Arboretum are 38 species of mammals, 188 species of birds, 39 species of butterflies, 18 herptiles (reptiles and amphibians) and 1,700 species of trees and shrubs. Almost every tree and shrub indigenous to southern Ontario is growing at The Arboretum.
