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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...
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....
Blogs
TOWARDS CANADENSIS – YOUR BOTANICAL GARDEN IN OTTAWA
Aren’t you getting excited about being together again? Don’t you feel that if we’ve learned anything from the challenging past year and a half, it’s about the healing power of green spaces? So many of us have sought out those unique...
Walk on the Future Site of Canada’s National Botanical Garden
Canadians want a national botanical garden for an attractive walking destination, a national survey conducted by Nanos Research shows. Canadensis has a vision for such a world-class attraction. But we have other extraordinary news. You can already take a memorable...
In Praise of Ottawa’s Central Experimental Farm: History and Heritage
Thank you to Felicity Gerard for creating this wonderful video about the Central Experimental Farm. Thanks also to Jane Panet of the Ottawa Garden Club for sharing it with us. Some beautiful photographs of Canadensis are included....
Plants with National Botanical Significance in Canada: Goldenseal, an Ontario Species at Risk
Endangered species, such as the iconic panda, get all the attention. In Canada, Hydrastis canadensis or goldenseal has been in decline since the late 1800s. It is now under threat, but it garners little attention. Maybe that’s because it is a plant and not a golden...
Have You Ever Tried Buffaloberry Ice Cream?
The flowering season has passed for Canadian Buffaloberry, but as the summer winds down, keep an eye open for its distinctive orange or red fruits. Buffaloberry – Shepherdia canadensis – is a deciduous shrub, growing 1-3 metres tall with erect to slightly spreading...
Appui inconditionnel au projet Canadensis
J’aimerais apporter mon appui inconditionnel au projet “Canadensis – Le Jardin du Canada”, projet élaboré et soutenu par la “Société du Jardin Botanique Canadensis” depuis de nombreuses années déjà. Comme vous le savez, le Canada est l’un des rares pays au monde...