Backgrounder: The Gardens of the 2009 VIA Rail Garden Route

Wednesday, 18 March 2009

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Map and information at www.viarail.ca/garden

From west to east, the VIA Rail Garden Route Gardens are: 
•    Butchart Gardens (Brentwood Bay [Victoria], B.C.)
    www.butchartgardens.com
•    University of British Columbia’s Botanical Garden (Vancouver, B.C.)
    www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org 
•    University of Alberta’s Devonian Botanical Garden (Edmonton, Alberta)
    www.devonian.ualberta.ca
•    Leo Mol Sculpture Garden (Winnipeg, Manitoba)
    www.partnersinthepark.org 
•    Windsor Riverfront Gardens (Windsor, Ontario)
    www.visitwindsor.com
•    Niagara Parks Botanical Gardens (Niagara Falls, Ontario)
    www.niagaraparks.com/nature/botanical.php 
•    Royal Botanical Gardens (Burlington, Ontario)
    www.rbg.ca
•    Casa Loma Gardens (Toronto, Ontario)
    www.casaloma.org/Gardens 
•    Toronto Botanical Garden (Toronto, Ontario)
    www.torontobotanicalgarden.ca 
•    Mackenzie King Estate (Ottawa, Ontario)
    www.canadascapital.gc.ca 
•    Montreal Botanical Garden (Montreal, Quebec)
    www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca/jardin/jardin.htm
•    Laval University’s Roger-Van den Hende Botanical Garden (Quebec City, Quebec)   
    www.jardin.ulaval.ca                
•    Reford Gardens (Grand-Métis, Quebec)
    www.refordgardens.com
•    Kingsbrae Garden (St. Andrews, New Brunswick)
    www.kingsbraegarden.com 
•    Halifax Public Gardens (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
    www.halifaxpublicgardens.ca    

Prince George        BC        www.city.pg.bc.ca
Parksville        BC        www.VisitParksvilleQualicumBeach.com
Langford        BC        www.cityoflangford.ca
Qualicum Beach        BC        www.VisitParksvilleQualicumBeach.com
Hope        BC        www.hope.ca
Edmonton        AB        www.edmonton.ca/eib
Viking        AB        www.town.viking.ab.ca
Ukrainian Cultural
Heritage Village (Edmonton)        AB        www.ukrainianvillage.ca
Hinton        AB        www.hinton.ca
Wainwright        AB        www.town.wainwright.ab.ca
Dauphin        MB        www.dauphin.ca
Winnipeg        MB        www.winnipeg.ca
Grandview        MB        www.grandviewmanitoba.net
Southwest Middlesex        ON        www.southwestmiddlesex.ca
Stratford        ON        www.welcometostratford.com/blooms
Brampton        ON        www.brampton.ca
Woodstock        ON        www.city.woodstock.on.ca
Sarnia        ON        www.tourismsarnialambton.com
Kingston        ON        www.kingstoncanada.com
Chatham-Kent        ON        www.cktourism.com
London        ON        www.londoncib.ca
Ingersoll        ON        www.ingersoll.ca
Toronto        ON        www.toronto.ca/parks
CN Tower Gardens (Toronto)        ON        www.cntower.ca
Oshawa        ON        www.parkwoodestate.com
Vieux-Montréal        QC        www.sdcvieuxmontreal.com
Battlefields Park (Quebec City)        QC        www.ccbn-nbc.gc.ca
Metro Moncton        NB        www.metromonctonblooms.ca    
Sackville        NB        www.sackville.com
Halifax Regional Municipality        NS        www.halifax.ca

For more information visit: www.communitiesinbloom.ca 



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