Niagara Parks Botanical Gardens
Niagara Falls, ON
Niagara Parkway north of the falls.
Acres of various gardens:
- Rock garden and herb gardens
- Huge rose garden
- Annual and perennial flowers
- Specimen trees
- Trees indigenous to Ontario
- Ponds
Butterfly Conservatory on same property
Fully accessible including washrooms.
Parking: $5.
Floral Clock and Lilac Grove
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The Floral Clock is north on the Niagara Parkway on the turn just past the Ontario Hydro building.
Redesigned several times a season.
Free.
Plenty of parking very close by.
Lilac Grove
Free.
Opposite the floral clock
A vision of white, purple, mauve and pink in early June.
Niagara Parkway
The Niagara Parkway runs from Fort Erie in the south through Chippawa where Betty’s Restaurant is located, through Niagara Falls where you can park to enjoy and take photos of all of everything the Falls area has to offer, and on to historical Queenston and Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Then follow Lakeshore Road out of Niagara-on-the-Lake right into St.Catharines and Port Dalhousie.
A beautiful drive of perhaps three to as many hours as you like, depending on what you do.
Stop along the way for lunch and dinner, sample our wines, theatre in Niagara-on-the-Lake and, with ice cream cone in hand, take in the sunset as you roll out on the pier into Lake Ontario at Port Dalhousie.
Oakes Garden Theatre
Open air theatre with concerts and special events held throughout the summer.
At the entranceway to Queen Victoria Park just across the road from the first casino built in Niagara
Very close to the Rainbow Bridge to the United States
Accessible entrances towards the intersection at Clifton Hill
Also left further down towards the falls there is another accessible entrance.
Queen Victoria Park adjacent to the Falls
When you visit the falls you are in Victoria Park.
Located at the bottom of the Niagara Fallsview moraine.
Most of the hotels in the falls tourism area are on top of the moraine.
You have to go down the moraine to reach the falls if you are staying above it using the WEGO bus or the Falls Incline Railway. Or, Clifton or Murray Hill which are both quite steep.
Park includes:
The walkway along the edge of the Niagara gorge featuring trees and lowers is just part of the huge park
- Hybrid tea rose garden
- Lush perennials
- Hanging baskets
- Ponds
- Carpet-bedding displays
- Beautiful borders
Electric scooter/wheelchair friendly. Manual chair, not so much.
Olde Towne Gardens
(905)937-6758
716
Lakeshore Rd. (between Niagara-on-the-Lake and St. Catharines)
Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON
Specialize in hostas (700 varieties)
Greenhouse accessible
On grass parking
Stokes Seeds Ltd.
Go to Sokes Seeds websites
(905)688-4300
296
Collier Road South,
Thorold, ON
Largest mail order seed business in Canada with roots back to 1878.
Main floor store is accessible.
Three thousand types of seeds for flowers, vegetables and herbs/gardening supplies.
Several designated parking spots
Accessible washroom.
Stokes Seeds trial gardens
Lakeshore Road West between Fifth and Seventh Streets Louth
St. Catharines, ON
Dirt pathways between beds but gorgeous.
Dufferin Islands
Ten acres of quiet, secluded park where you can spend a relaxing time or picnic between visiting attractions. While bridges to the little islands and footpaths may not all be accessible there are many spots where a blanket could be spread out.
Located just south of the Falls on the Niagara Parkway, just south of the Niagara Parks Floral Showhouse.
Accessible washroom and parking.