Events: Botanical Garden Event

Harmer House Garden Party

Harmer House Garden Party

We are gathering with You! Ottawa’s Best Community Member Champions, Harmer House Residents, Supporters and Staff. Join us for the chance to celebrate Summer with a one of kind Community Garden Party and the Grand Opening of our Courtyard Fountain sponsored by the Greater Ottawa Water Garden Horticultural Society. All event proceeds will go to…

Windows on the Garden

Windows on the Garden

Celebrating the Year of the Arts in Newfoundland & Labrador with an outdoor art exhibit, Windows on the Garden. Fifteen local artists, working in a variety of media, were selected through a public call for artists responding to the theme, “Envisioning Nature.” Each artist is presenting their vision through a repurposed window and frame. These…

Des saveurs botaniques – Botanical Flavours

Des saveurs botaniques – Botanical Flavours

Explorer la biodiversité végétale dans notre assiette, c’est une délicieuse façon de participer à la transition socioécologique! Tout l’été, cultivez la gourmandise écoresponsable à travers des activités ludiques. Au menu : apprenez à réduire le gaspillage alimentaire et dégustez des végétaux aux saveurs étonnantes pendant que les jeunes enfants s’amusent à jouer à cuisiner à l’aire…

Kids in the Garden Programs

Kids in the Garden Programs

Whether you live in Alberta or are visiting Edmonton this summer, enroll your child or children in one of our many Kids in the Garden programs. The programs are intended to fascinate and inspire children, cultivate curiosity, and promote critical thinking. Our dedication to discovering novel ways to connect children of all ages with nature…

Montreal Koi Show

Montreal Koi Show

In keeping with the tradition of this popular event, the Japanese Garden of the Montreal Botanical Garden will again be hosting its annual Koi Show in 2025. The event is scheduled for Saturday, July 6th (rain date: Sunday, July 7th). This show is organized by the Mountain View Koi Club and commences around 9:30 AM,…

Alice’s Wonderland Returns

Alice’s Wonderland Returns

Alice and Company first debuted at the Garden in 2019’s Imaginary Worlds: Alice’s Wonderland. The exhibition was so well received that it returned in 2020 along with several new sculptures for a revival called Alice’s Wonderland Reimagined. For the spring show, look for a towering Alice to twirl in Howell Fountain, the giant White Rabbit to hold…

Night of the Dead

Night of the Dead

Traditions connected with the holiday of Dia de los Muertos include honoring the deceased using Calaveras and  marigold flowers known as cempazúchitl, building home alters called ofrendas with the favorite foods and beverages of the departed, and visiting graves with these items as gifts for the deceased. Time of event to follow in November. 

Festival of Fountains

Festival of Fountains

The Night Garden evening performances introduce an interpretive storytelling experience of music, water, and lighting create a magical theatrical experience. Whistling Gardens is the first in Canada to use special computerized pumps to create dazzling effects.  The computerized musical fountain program is likely the largest in the country!  SHOP! The rare, beautiful and one of…

Canadensis Fall Celebration

Canadensis Fall Celebration

Canadensis Garden Fall Celebration / Fête Automnale au Jardin Canadensis Saturday, September 28 | 10 AM – 4 PM DATE AND DETAILS TO BE CONFIRMED Experience nature in all its fall splendour at Canadensis Garden, the home of the future Botanical Garden of Canada. In collaboration with Gardens Ottawa, the Fall Celebration offers plenty of…