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Niagara Parks' Botanical Gardens is located on the scenic Niagara Parkway and
the Great Gorge, just a 10 minute drive north of the Falls. This beautiful
Garden setting is home to the Butterfly Conservatory and serves as the unique
outdoor classroom for students attending the Niagara Parks School of
Horticulture.
Established in 1936, visitors enjoy 40 hectares (99 acres) of beautifully
maintained gardens, including perennials, rhododendrons, azaleas, a formal
parterre garden, shade, herb and vegetable plantings, an aviary as well as our
world-famous rose garden featuring over 2,400 roses. Footpaths wind past the
Butterfly Conservatory and butterfly garden, ponds and an arboretum featuring
one of our country's finest collections of ornamental trees and shrubs.
The Niagara Parks Botanical Gardens are truly an enriching experience for all
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Floral Clock
The planted face is maintained by Niagara Parks horticulture staff,
while the mechanism is kept in working order by Ontario Hydro, the
organization that originally built the clock. The intricate
designs on the face of the timepiece are created with up to 16,000
carpet bedding plants. The floral design is changed twice each year - it features
viola in the Spring and four cultivars of Alternanthera along with
green and grey forms of Santolina Sage during the Summer and Fall. California
Golden Privet and Blue Festuca Grass may be used for contrast.
Admission
FREE!
Hours of Operation
Outdoors - Open daily year-round, dawn until dusk
Location
2565 Niagara Parkway, 9 kilometers (6 miles) north
of the Canadian Horseshoe Falls near the Lewiston-Queenston International
Bridge. 
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