March 18, 2009
Backgrounder: The Gardens of the 2009 VIA Rail Garden Route
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/niagara-falls-attractions/botanical-gardens.html
• 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 (Québec 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.stratfordblooms.com/
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
Landscape Ontario Horticultural Trades Association
in collaboration with
Canadian Nursery Landscape Association
Landscape Ontario and the Canadian Nursery Landscape Association represent over 3,500 member companies devoted to designing, installing and maintaining Canada's lawns, gardens and green-space and who grow and provide Canada's trees, shrubs, herbaceous plants and garden products. The association is focused on developing a professional, ethical, recognized and trusted green industry as well as promoting the environmental, economic, health, lifestyle and societal benefits of gardens, landscapes and green spaces.
For more information, visit: www.landscapeontario.com or www.canadanursery.com