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🍂 Celebrate nature in all its Fall splendour at the site of the future Botanical Garden of Canada

🍂 Saturday, September 23, 2023 | 10 – 4
Canadensis Garden, Experimental Farm
Prince of Wales Drive at Hartwell’s Locks Lane (K2C 3K1)
FREE Family Fun | FREE Parking

🎨Botanical Themed Art Expo and Sale
Foyer Gallery
Ottawa Society of Botanical Artists, , exhibits and education
Musical Garden By Artist Jesse Stewart featuring 12 ludophones (Performances at 11 am and 12:15 pm)
New art installation: “A Stitch In Time” by Gayle Hermick – who will be on site to talk about this sculpture, as well as her Red Stilettos sculpture
More Beyond the Edge artist installations

🎃Family Fun Activities
Children’s Hay Bale Play Area
Children’s Canadensis Scavenger Hunt
Horse-drawn wagon rides

🌱Garden Themed Activities
Canadensis Garden site tour, including plans for the Botanical Garden of Canada

Saturday, September 23, 2023, organizers of the Canadensis Garden Fall Celebration bring together fun activities and creative people for interactive fun and unique learning experiences. All events take place at Canadensis Garden which occupies a 34-acre parcel of land at the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa and where plans are developing to build a national botanical garden of international appeal in the heart of the nation’s capital. “Canadensis will be a beautiful and diverse botanic garden.” says Canadensis Chair, Gérald Lajeunesse.

“Our Fall Celebration not only provides visitors of all ages with educational, interactive and enjoyable experiences, we’re promoting a deeper understanding of our intimate interdependence with nature, showcasing the positive impact of gardens and gardening on our environment and wellbeing and inspiring others to join and support our movement to build a national botanical garden in Ottawa” he adds.