GPOD on the Road: Assiniboine Park Gardens, Part 2

More of the gorgeous gardens on display at an iconic park in Winnipeg

Happy Friday , GPODers !

Last Friday I share my experience at Assiniboine Park in Winnipeg , Manitoba . As promised , I ’m back this week to deal more photos from this talkative Mungo Park with several awe - inspiring garden . If you miss the first C. W. Post , you’re able to check it out here : Part 1 .

Last week I cover the Kitchen Garden and the Sensory Garden . Today ’s tour continue through the Indigenous Peoples Garden , the English Garden and the Leo Mol Sculpture Garden .

First , the gorgeous grasses found in the Sensory Garden cover on to the Indigenous Peoples Garden , which features naturalistic plantings full of aboriginal plant . It also features some fabulous indigenous fine art , let in this stunning totem pole . Though totem pole have become a symbol representative of indigenous people in worldwide , they were in reality only create by indigenous mathematical group in the Pacific Northwest .

Another stunning art induction in this garden were these large , carved wooden balls .

carve on each ball were different element of nature . One of my ducky was this one that depicted different pollinators .

After a long ( very hot ) walk , I gain the other section of the park , which featured the last two gardens . I can safely say that the prospicient walk was more than deserving it because this was the start of the English Garden I saw when I get . It ’s hard to say from this picture , but the statue of a untried boy is in reality part of the fountain ! The pitiable boy has a hole at the tip of his boot , and water is flux into the pool below .

The English Garden have all the crucial elements of a Greco-Roman , conventional English garden : geometrical nerve tract that lead you through the garden with intention , harmonious plantings that are repeated to an telling level , and layered borders that are dumbly planted . This garden was not very crowing , but it was so packed with plants that this is still a lot to see .

In this incredible border , stunning spires of lamb ’ ear ( Stachysbyzantinaand cvs . , Zones 4–8 ) flowers and tower Milk River thistle ( Silybum marianumand cvs . , Zones 4–8 ) mark the start of farsighted run-in of ‘ Blackie ’ sweet potato vine ( Ipomoeabatatas‘Blackie ’ , zone 9–11 or as an annual ) and shining pinkish genus Gomphrena .

urine features are another authoritative element of English gardens and are traditionally multi - tiered and ornate fountain . This garden featured several fountains , but incredible containers made this one a particular ducky .

The gardens also did a great caper of reduplicate element and special plants so that different beds and designs were still cohesive . This stacked delimitation featured the same bright green and pinkish flame nettle that was feature in the outpouring container above .

Leonid Molodoshanin ( Leo Mol for little ) was a Ukrainian - born artist who move to Canada in 1948 after living in Berlin and the Netherlands . A varnished glass artist and mountain lion , but mostly known for his classic portraiture sculpture , Mol had an incredible agency of crafting and capturing statuette of Ukrainian themes , religious imagination , and wildlife . While the sculptures were by all odds the stars in the garden , industrial plant played a beautiful character in this infinite and the mostly shady beds added interest without distracting from Mol ’s unbelievable work .

Most of the beds were masses of one plant , like this beautiful blanket of ostrich fern ( Matteuccia struthiopteris , Zones 4–8 ) .

But the gardens were n’t bound to foliage . This mickle planting ofligularia(Ligulariaspp . and cvs . , Zones 4–8 ) make for a vibrant pop of yellow to the tint .

trust you all love this piffling tour of a massively impressive park and that you all enjoy your weekend . If you falter upon any gardens or public planting , big or small-scale , I ’d make out to see what you discover .

Have exposure to portion out ? We ’d love to see your garden , a particular collection of plants you know , or a wonderful garden you had the opportunity to visit !

To submit , ship 5 - 10 photos to[email protected]along with some selective information about the plant in the pictures and where you took the photo . We ’d hump to hear where you are located , how long you ’ve been gardening , successes you are proud of , failure you learned from , hopes for the future , favorite plant , or funny news report from your garden .

Have a nomadic headphone ? label your photos onFacebook , InstagramorTwitterwith # FineGardening !

Do you receive the GPOD by electronic mail yet?Sign up here .

Fine Gardening Recommended production

Planting in a Post - Wild World : Designing Plant Communities for Resilient Landscapes

Fine Gardening receives a commission for items purchase through links on this web site , let in Amazon Associates and other affiliate advertising programs .

body of water Right PSH-100 - MG-1PKRS 400 Series , 100 - Foot , Olive Green

The Crevice Garden : How to make the everlasting home for works from bouldered station

large totem pole amongst a large planting of native grasses

Get our late baksheesh , how - to article , and instructional videos sent to your inbox .

Signing you up …

GPOD on the Road: Beacon Hill Park

GPOD on the Road: Fort Worth Botanic Garden

GPOD on the Road: Spring at New York Botanical Garden

GPOD on the Road: Assiniboine Park Gardens

Join Fine horticulture for a free engage bouncy webinar feature Dr. Janna Beckerman , a illustrious industrial plant diagnostician as well as prof emerita at Purdue University and the ornamentals technical manager …

When I make out a particular Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin dollar cactus ( Astrophytum asterias ) at the Philadelphia Flower Show a few months ago , I knew I was in difficulty . With a delightful color practice …

When we only prioritize works we want over plant our landscape painting want , each season is filled with a never - end list of chores : pruning , abstract , watering , treating , ameliorate , and fertilizing , with …

wooden art installation in the garden

Video

Touring an Eco-friendly, Shady Backyard Retreat

You must be thrifty when you enter the backyard of garden clothes designer Jeff Epping — not because you ’re likely to trip on something , but because you might be dive - bomb by a pair …