Tours of the Halifax Public Gardens
GUIDED TOURS PUBLIC GARDENS SUMMER 2023
Free one-hour horticultural and historical tour of the Halifax Public Gardens, initiated by the Nova Scotia Horticultural Society in 1836, expanded to the present 16 acres in 1867. Explore the highlights of the only surviving Victorian Garden in North America, a National Historic Site.
Scheduled tours: 10:30 am, noon, 1:30 pm and 3 pm. Register at The Friends of the Public Gardens Visitor Information Desk in Horticultural Hall. Tour begins in Juan Plaza, halfway between South Park and Summer Street on the Spring Garden Road side of the gardens.
Tours by Reservation – contact: infohalifaxpublicgardens@gmail.com or visit the Visitor Information Desk.
Halifax Competing for Most Biodiverse City
Global’s Eilish Bonang sits down with Friends of the Public Gardens chair, Judith Cabrita, to talk about the upcoming nature challenge which has cities across the world vying for the title of ‘Most Biodiverse’ through the iNaturalist app. April 2023.
globalnews.ca/video/9654931/halifax-competing-for-most-biodiverse-city/
Paint the Gardens’ Trees
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
9:00am - 5:00pm
In late July, many of the beautiful, priceless trees in the Public Gardens were attacked and seriously damaged. Since then, the general public has offered good wishes, prayers, and donations as we await word on how the trees are healing.
Now, The Friends of the Public Gardens invite artists to celebrate the trees by participating in a Paint the Gardens’ Trees day.
November 26 - December 19, 2021
Evergreen Festival is a 4-week-long outdoor winter showcase of Nova Scotian culture, food, spirits, craft, art, and memorable experiences to celebrate and embrace the essence of the season. Retailers, restaurants, hotels, attractions, public spaces throughout the Halifax region will bring to life illuminations, programming, and animations that create a festive feeling of celebration!
Photograph by Frank Scheme
Halifax Public Gardens Holiday Light Display
6 pm - 9 pm every night of the week
until January 1, 2022
Puppet Show in the Gardens on October 17, 2021
CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER FORECAST
Neptune Theatre's Youth Performance Company
TD-YPCo is excited to be back performing in the Halifax Public Gardens.
Neptune Theatre's Youth Performance Company has gathered this summer for an intensive 2-week musical theatre boot camp. This short public performance in the gardens will feature songs and dancing that these up and coming teen performers have been working on. Broadway, here we come!
The show was cancelled due to weather conditions.
A group of ten youth are surrounding a microphone. They are wearing blue t-shirts that read "Neptune Theatre School". They are singing out to the audience earnestly. We see the back of the heads of the audience as they watch. Foliage is in the background, showing us that they are performing out in the gardens. Across the photo is a logo that reads TD YPCo with the symbolic Neptune Trident hidden in the letter "o".
