Burlington in Halton Region, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Royal Botanical Gardens/ Les Jardins Botaniques Royaux

Photographed by Tim Boyd, April 27, 2023

1. Royal Botanical Gardens/ Les Jardins Botaniques Royaux Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

This important botanical garden is distinguished by its first class horticultural collection. Originating in the late 1920s, it developed as a series of discrete gardens and a wildlife conservation area within an urban context. Some of Canada's most talented landscape architects, botanists and plant curators have collaborated on the garden, imparting an overall unity and aesthetic appeal. In 1975, the Royal Botanical Gardens was designated the International Registration Authority for the names of cultivated lilacs in honour of its world-renowned lilac collection.

Une collection horticole de premier ordre distingue cet important jardin botanique. Créé à la fin des années 1920, il se compose maintenant d'une série de jardins distincts et d'une aire de conservation de la faune s'insérant dans un contexte urbain. Certains des meilleurs architectes paysagers, botanistes et conservateurs de plantes du Canada ont collaboré pour en assurer l'unité d'ensemble et la qualité esthétique. En 1975, sa collection de lilas, de réputation mondiale, lui a valu d'être reconnu comme l'autorité internationale d'enregistrement

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Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada
Commission des lieux et monuments historiques du Canada
Government of Canada - Gouvernement du Canada
1996

Erected 1996 by Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Horticulture & Forestry • Parks & Recreational Areas. In addition, it is included in the Canada, Historic Sites and Monuments Board series list.

Location. 43° 17.422′ N, 79° 52.519′ W. Marker is in Burlington, Ontario, in Halton Region. It can be reached from Plains Road West. The marker is just inside the main entrance to the Royal Botanical gardens headquarters, visible subject to operating hours. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 680 Plains Road West, Burlington ON L7T L7T, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Toronto,

specifically on the Golden Horseshoe,

in the Hamilton-Halton-Brant Area,

and specifically in the Toronto Metropolitan Area.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Sentinel of the Around the Bay Race (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); The Cultural History Of Carroll's Bay (approx. 0.9 kilometers away); Thomas Baker McQuesten, 1882-1948 (approx. 1.5 kilometers away); Desjardins Canal Disaster (approx. 1.7 kilometers away);

Photographed by Tim Boyd, April 27, 2023

2. Royal Botanical Gardens/ Les Jardins Botaniques Royaux Marker

The Boathouse Community (approx. 1.8 kilometers away); Thomas B. McQuesten High Level Bridge (approx. 1.8 kilometers away); Ellen Ambrose and the Duet Club of Hamilton (approx. 1.9 kilometers away); Ice-Fishing in Hamilton Harbour (approx. 1.9 kilometers away).

Also see . . . Royal Botanical Gardens- 80 Years of People, Plants, Place, and Planet.

In 1941 the Province of Ontario created Royal Botanical Gardens through a special Act, which gave the young botanical garden the ability to develop and display gardens, prepare educational facilities and programs, acquire new lands, and undertake all of the activities of a botanical garden that attracts visitors.

(Submitted on April 27, 2023, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario.)

Royal Botanical Gardens headquarters (marker is inside) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Boyd, April 27, 2023

3. Royal Botanical Gardens headquarters (marker is inside)

1950

4. Royal Botanical Gardens Rock Garden in 1950

Source: Hamilton Spectator

Royal Botanical Gardens Rock Garden 2017 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Boyd, July 25, 2017

5. Royal Botanical Gardens Rock Garden 2017

Credits. This page was last revised on April 29, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 27, 2023, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. This page has been viewed 219 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on April 27, 2023, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.