KATIE CHARLOTTE FIEDLER
14.06.2024 - 09:59 / finegardening.com
Happy Friday, GPODers!
Last Friday I shared my experience at Assiniboine Park in Winnipeg, Manitoba. As promised, I’m back this week to share more photos from this expansive park with several awe-inspiring gardens. If you missed the first post, you can check it out here: Part 1.
Last week I covered the Kitchen Garden and the Sensory Garden. Today’s tour continues through the Indigenous Peoples Garden, the English Garden and the Leo Mol Sculpture Garden.
First, the gorgeous grasses found in the Sensory Garden extend on to the Indigenous Peoples Garden, which features naturalistic plantings full of native plants. It also features some fabulous indigenous art, including this stunning totem pole. Though totem poles have become a symbol representative of indigenous people in general, they were actually only created by indigenous groups in the Pacific Northwest.
Another stunning art installation in this garden were these large, carved wooden balls.
Carved on each ball were different elements of nature. One of my favorites was this one that depicted different pollinators.
After a long (very hot) walk, I reached the other section of the park, which featured the last two gardens. I can safely say that the long walk was more than worth it because this was the start of the English Garden I saw when I arrived. It’s hard to tell from this photo, but the statue of a young boy is actually part of the fountain! The poor boy has a hole at the tip of his boot, and water is flowing into the pond below.
The English Garden featured all the essential elements of a classic, formal English garden: geometric pathways that lead you through the garden with intention, symmetrical plantings that are repeated to an impressive level, and layered
KATIE CHARLOTTE FIEDLER
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