Canadensis Garden Fall Celebration 🍁

Canadensis Garden Fall Celebration 🍁

🍂Celebrate nature in all its Fall splendour at the site of the future Botanical Garden of Canada 🍂 Saturday, September 23, 2023 | 10 – 4Canadensis Garden, Experimental FarmPrince of Wales Drive at Hartwell’s Locks Lane (K2C 3K1)FREE Family Fun | FREE Parking 🎨Botanical Themed Art Expo and SaleFoyer GalleryOttawa Society of Botanical Artists New…

CBGS 2023 Annual General Meeting
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CBGS 2023 Annual General Meeting

Join us for the 2023 Annual General Meeting of the Canadensis Botanical Garden Society (CBGS) on Thursday, June 22, 2023. The assembly meeting will again be held using Zoom conferencing. The evening will mark another step in our progress to build an outstanding botanical garden in the nation’s capital. The business meeting will be followed…

Canadensis Garden Fall Celebration 🍁

Canadensis Garden Fall Celebration 🍁

🍂Celebrate nature in all its Fall splendour at the site of the future Botanical Garden of Canada 🍂 Saturday, October 1 | 10 – 4Canadensis Garden, Experimental FarmPrince of Wales Drive at Hartwell’s Locks Lane (K2C 3K1)FREE Family Fun | FREE Parking 🎨Botanical Themed Art Expo and SaleLapisDragon ArtsOttawa Guild of PottersFoyer GalleryOttawa Society of…

OHA & OHA District 2 Tree Planting @ Canadensis to commemorate the Platinum Jubilee of our late Queen Elizabeth II

OHA & OHA District 2 Tree Planting @ Canadensis to commemorate the Platinum Jubilee of our late Queen Elizabeth II

OTTAWA : September 19, 2022 On Wednesday, September 21, 2022, at 2:00 p.m., the Ontario Horticultural Association (OHA), and OHA District 2, will conduct a tree planting to commemorate the Platinum Jubilee of our late Queen Elizabeth II. This special event will take place on the site of Canadensis, the national Botanical Garden of Canada. The…

A Company of Fools presents HAMLET @ Canadensis – POSTPONED FOR 2022

A Company of Fools presents HAMLET @ Canadensis – POSTPONED FOR 2022

Performance Update from A Company of Fools “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”Despite our best efforts, we have made the incredibly difficult decision to cancel our upcoming tour of Hamlet in its entirety. Due to reasons both within and outside of our control, mounting the show in a way…

Canadensis Presents: A Virtual Visit to Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Cape Town, SA

Canadensis Presents: A Virtual Visit to Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Cape Town, SA

DATE: Thursday, August 25, 2022 | SPECIAL TIME: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Virtual Visit to Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden with Alice Notten, Environmental Interpretation Officer who will lead us through the beauty, diversity and magnificence of Kirstenbosch. FREE Event. About this event Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden is acclaimed as one of the great botanic…

Happening This Weekend At Canadensis

Happening This Weekend At Canadensis

Saturday, August 12th – 14th
Experimental Farm, Prince of Wales Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K2C 3K1

A weekend of garden-themed activities presented by Canadensis including:  
A Company of Fools presentation of ‘The Tempest’
Meet the Garden Installation Artists and visit the gardens
Display and Sale of Fine Garden Art and Garden-Themed Art by Local Artists
See the Roaming Garden Wheelbarrow creation and displays (vote for your choice).

We hope you will come and join us!

Canadensis is a proud partner of the Ottawa Garden Festival.

Garden Mulch Sale

Garden Mulch Sale

Collect seeds to grow your own trees. A joint project of Canadensis Botanical Garden Society (CBGS or Canadensis) and the Ottawa Field Naturalist Club (OFNC). This collaborative project is being held to promote the cultivation of Native Trees through the collection and distribution of their seeds and seedlings, and to educate the public.
Sign up to join our tree seed collection field excursion to collect seeds.

Canadensis Event: Collect & Grow Native Tree Seeds – Field Excursion – June 4th

Canadensis Event: Collect & Grow Native Tree Seeds – Field Excursion – June 4th

Collect seeds to grow your own trees. A joint project of Canadensis Botanical Garden Society (CBGS or Canadensis) and the Ottawa Field Naturalist Club (OFNC). This collaborative project is being held to promote the cultivation of Native Trees through the collection and distribution of their seeds and seedlings, and to educate the public.
Sign up to join our first tree seed collection field excursion for 2022, to collect seeds.

Canadensis Presents: Year of the Garden 2022

Canadensis Presents: Year of the Garden 2022

It’s official! 2022 is the Year of the Garden in Canada. Canada is the first country ever to declare a national Year of the Garden!
In this special edition of ‘Canadensis Presents’ the spotlight is on Canadian gardens and garden champions. Special Guests: Alexander Reford, Gloria Beck, Susan Ellis, and Cheney Creamer.