WHEN: Saturday June 20, 2:00 p.m. Registration is for one individual only. Each attendee must be registered separately. The tour will take place RAIN OR SHINE.
WHERE: The tour will meet in the small parking lot beside Building 75 on the NCC Driveway. The few visitor parking spots at this location are limited to 90 minutes. Plentiful paid parking is available a short walk away at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Museum parking lot. Enter from Prince of Wales Drive.
WHAT: These tours introduce perennial garden design, care, and, of course, perennials, the plants that keep on going! The Farm has featured perennials gardens since its earliest times. The present-day borders, established in 1970, continue to provide a broad overview of native and non-native perennial plants that grow well in Ottawa gardens. Visitors will see many plants at their full maturity and appreciate the beauty of perennial combinations. The gardens show a mix perennials of different bloom and foliage types and flowering periods for an ever-changing garden spectacle that returns year after year.
Tour leader: Janice Seline, team leader, Perennials Team
ATTENDANCE is limited to 25 people per tour. If spaces fill up, you may ask to have your name added to a waiting list by sending us an email. If you need to cancel, please let us know so that your space can be offered to someone else.
Register: Although the tours are free and open to the public, you must register in advance to attend by filling out this online form. Registration is for one individual only. Each attendee must be registered separately
COST: Admission is free, but donations are gratefully accepted during the tour.
Please check our website for other similar events as well as for information about the Friends of the Farm, such as becoming a volunteer or a member, signing up for our information bulletins, or purchasing our publications about the Central Experimental Farm or our greeting cards featuring photos taken in the Ornamental Gardens – of particular interest is our book Blooms: An Illustrated History of the Ornamental Gardens at Ottawa’s Central Experimental Farm.
INFO: Email info@friendsofthefarm.ca with questions or any issues with registration.