Each season I stop by the Landscapes Of Canada Gardens. This is on the west side of the property at the Canadian Museum of Nature, and features trees, grasses, shrubs, and other plants from four distinct ecosystems in the country. This time of year, much of it is buried in the snow. I came by on Groundhog Day a few days ago, approaching the Boreal Forest area.
A lone shrub, poking up out of the snow.
Signage long the path details life in these ecosystems.
This time of year, the Prairie Grasslands lies dormant beneath the snow.
A sculpture lies across the path, an iceberg created by the late Canadian artist and inventor William Lishman.
Taken from the sidewalk, this view includes Arctic Tundra. A handful of bushes are seen sticking out of the snow.
The path led me on.
Mammoth Steppe is the last of the ecosystems, featuring plants that have carried on from the time of the last ice age, gathered behind a set of three statues of woolly mammoths.
One last view of the museum. The Queens Lantern, as it is called, has a model of the Moon inside.
The garden and the buildings are very nice indeed.
ReplyDeleteYes they are.
DeleteWell before Covid, I really loved the gardens in summer but it all looks a bit tragic in winter.
ReplyDeleteIt's all buried.
DeleteThe iceberg and the mammoths will feel at home in the snow.
ReplyDeleteThey do.
DeleteYou have snow. Definitely.
ReplyDeleteA lot.
DeleteWow, that's a lot of snow and the elephants are funny to see in all the white park. I have seen 2 cm of snow this year lasting exactly 24 h !!
ReplyDeleteWe have had a relatively mild winter, but with a good amount of snow.
DeleteThe outdoors! Great Winter scenery.
ReplyDeleteThanks.
DeleteWow, you really do have snow.
ReplyDeleteSince I work from home I would not be so scared of snow (but Ingo has to drive to work and Germans here seldom get snow so chaos is what you get).
Nice to see. 5C here. Grey, grey, grey since... ack. "Forever"
Here it's a world of white.
DeleteHello,
ReplyDeleteI love the sculptures, cool critters. We still have not had much snow here, yet. Winter is not over. Have a happy weekend.
We have a good amount of snow on the ground.
DeleteUn riguroso invierno. Lo deduzco por la gran cantidad de nieve que se ve en el suelo.
ReplyDeleteFeliz fin de semana.
Thanks.
DeleteLove that shot of the building and the iceberg!
ReplyDeleteI always try to get that shot in.
Delete...the gardens are asleep!
ReplyDeleteThey are indeed.
DeleteOnce again we have no snow left here. The sculptures stand out well in your snow, William.
ReplyDeleteThere seems to be a line between here and southern Ontario where some areas are getting a lot of snow and others not.
DeleteWonderful series of winter photos ~ awesome elephants ~
ReplyDeleteWishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
A ShutterBug Explores,
aka (A Creative Harbor)
Thank you!
DeleteWinter has put it's magic over the gardens.
ReplyDeleteIt has.
DeleteThe garden is beautiful with all the snow. My favorite sculpture is the iceberg.
ReplyDeleteThat iceberg is a good addition.
DeleteNic snowing scenes!
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteYour landscape looks much like ours this winter. The mammoth sculptures in snow were fun to see!
ReplyDeleteWe are thus far having an odd winter.
DeleteI live that building. I think it is a favorite. Thank you fir the nice photos
ReplyDeleteIt's a great building.
Deleteeverything looks so bare and barren this time of year. Love the sculptures.
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteWhat a delightful post, these winter outings are just the thing to get us through winter. The elephants are wonderful too!
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteI like the woolly mammoth sculptures - those are cool
ReplyDeleteI agree.
DeleteThe snow makes everything look wonderful, I Iike the mammoths:)
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteNice snowy pictures.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
My kind of weather.
DeleteFabulous photos.
ReplyDeleteThanks.
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