Archive for the ‘Exhibits’ Category
Kitchener Waterloo Home and Garden Show 2011
March 25- 27, 2011 at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex, East Avenue, Kitchener. For more information check this website.
Wonders of Winter at Waterloo Park
I wandered around Waterloo Park on Saturday evening after the opening of the Wonders of Winter festival of lights. Christmas music played through outdoor speakers and many people, young and old, enjoyed the displays. Make sure to take time between now and January 1st to visit the park. (map)
Monarch Days
Monarch Butterfly outdoors at Wings of Paradise
Wings of Paradise held their 14th annual Monarch Days weekend on September 11 and 12 this year. Visitors released tagged Monarchs outdoors and indoor displays provided information about the long migration of this butterfly.
Butterflies awaiting release at Wings of Paradise
James commented yesterday that his wife is the horticulturist responsible for the garden I admired in the previous post. I recognized most of the plants but didn’t know the name of the flower pictured below. I would like to try it in my garden next year.
Name that flower! (see comments for answer)
Wings of Paradise Butterfly Conservatory
Wings of Paradise outdoor butterfly garden
“Wings of Paradise Butterfly Conservatory opened January 26, 2001 and is a privately owned Canadian Corporation. Wings of Paradise is situated on a 117 acre site which includes the environmentally sensitive Kossuth Bog. The 25,000 square foot facility includes a 10,800 square foot indoor tropical garden featuring 1000’s of free flying butterflies from around the world, over 75 different varieties of tropical plants, waterfalls, streams, reflecting pools, tropical finches, chinese painted quail and red-eared slider turtles.” (from their website)
We visited the conservatory for the first time this past weekend but I almost didn’t make it in the front door. The beautiful butterfly garden in front of the building attracted a variety of interesting birds and butterflies.
Knit camBRIDGE
There was a line of cars and pedestrians admiring the knitting that covers the entire Main Street bridge over the Grand River in Cambridge. I have posted more pictures on my other blog.
