Category Archives: Devonian Botanic Garden

I Beg Your Pardon, I Never Promised You the Taj Mahal

Posted on December 29, 2019 by gtsds

Well, here it is, the University of Alberta Botanic Garden’s new megafolly — a monument to No Swimming Or Wading. Signs are everywhere. The Aga Khan Garden is named in honour of the globe-trotting super-rich spiritual leader, philanthropist, and racehorse … Continue reading →

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Gone Tufa?

Posted on March 22, 2018 by gtsds

In the last entry, I let on I might know the answer to the mystery of the vanished tufa bed at the University of Alberta Botanic Garden. However, from what I have been able to find out, that wonderful little … Continue reading →

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Like Hanging the Mona Lisa outside the Louvre

Posted on March 12, 2018 by gtsds

I used to post pictures here from the University of Alberta Botanic Garden (the Uof A Devonian Botanic Garden as it was formerly called), and I have some saved up from the past three years to post eventually. The tufa … Continue reading →

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Devonian Botanic Garden, 30th May 2014

Posted on March 7, 2015 by gtsds

A bit later than usual, here are pictures from the previous year’s walk around the gardens. First the Primulas — in the Primula Dell, the Patrick Seymour Alpine Garden, and a few other places. And then pictures of other, arguably … Continue reading →

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Devonian Botanic Garden, 4th June 2013, part 2

Posted on December 28, 2013 by gtsds

Today we hit bottom. Our normal temperatures reached their lowest: -8 day/-19 night. Here we’ll sit, in the bleak midwinter, for four weeks, before the normals start upward again. Lots of time to look at pictures of spring. This set … Continue reading →

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