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Garden Lovers Invitation – It’s Time To SHINE Whistling Gardens l Botanical Gardens & Garden Centre 2020 REVEAL! Dear Garden Friends, 2020 REVEAL! It’s Time To ….SHINE We Need Our Gardens Now More Than Ever…. How are you? We’ve been thinking about you, hoping you are all keeping well and in good spirits. When the going gets tough, us gardening types really know how to dig deep to “be at our best” to remain resilient, respectful and kind. As we cautiously reopen, complying with provincial COVID-19 business guidelines, Everyone’s Safety is our Top Priority! Upon your visit, our friendly, prescreening trained team will welcome you, and ensure that you take a moment to read our Garden Etiquette signs. As a team, together, our behavior will keep us all safe and well. So let’s care for each other with physical distancing, using hand sanitizer stations located in every washroom and at our Welcome Centre while adhering to all provincial guidelines. We plant with love and care, as we reopen to be your safe haven of respite and rejuvenation. Come SHINE with us! Our Botanical Gardens spring blooms await our 1 st seasonal guests on June 3 rd welcome back! The Garden Centre and Garden Gift Shop offer a fully stocked selection of ornamental plant material for your home sanctuary, while garden gifts feature a selection of outdoor accessories, original artworks from local nature artisans, even PPE washable face masks and more! We are proud to have purchased all of our PPE from local and Canadian companies, as we support many area businesses. Our Musical Fountain Show starts on June 6 th offering a relaxing water therapy display in sync to new world music composed by owner, Darren Heimbecker a.k.a. artistic brand Aria . Our nature conservation efforts are well documented in this year’s 2020 Founder's Message NEW highlights include, our Peony Collection expansion, which now surpasses 1,300 varieties! Over 100 new varieties were added into the collection from Our Peony Donors David Maltby, the Cook family and Whistling Gardens. This required the making of new beds and shifting existing plants from one garden to another. This season’s Best Bloom Time… second week of June onward – watch for our social media updates! 2020 introduces significant changes with the addition of new beds, pathways and plants as work continues throughout 2020. Guests have been traveling to Canada to specifically see our peony collection, often sharing their amazement of the diversity of the plants amongst our other collections. We are honoured to be recognized in the league, as the home of many significant plant collections. The growth of plants continues to amaze visitors and even myself. Shade was once a limited commodity at the gardens and now "plant shuffling" of sun loving plants is becoming an annual necessity. Visitors retuning from their first 2012 visit, just can't believe the changes and the maturity of the gardens. Many specimens thrive, as both Red Oak (Quercus rubra), and Tulip Tree (Liriodendorn tulipifera) have grown to more than over 40 feet in just ten years from 3 to 5 foot saplings.
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Garden Lovers Invitation – It’s Time To SHINE Whistling Gardens l Botanical Gardens & Garden Centre 2020 REVEAL! Dear Garden Friends,
2020 REVEAL! It’s Time To ….SHINE We Need Our Gardens Now More Than Ever…. How are you? We’ve been thinking about you, hoping you are all keeping well and in good spirits. When the going gets tough, us gardening types really know how to dig deep to “be at our best” to remain resilient, respectful and kind. As we cautiously reopen, complying with provincial COVID-19 business guidelines, Everyone’s Safety is our Top Priority! Upon your visit, our friendly, prescreening trained team will welcome you, and ensure that you take a moment to read our Garden Etiquette signs. As a team, together, our behavior will keep us all safe and well. So let’s care for each other with physical distancing, using hand sanitizer
stations located in every washroom and at our Welcome Centre while adhering to all provincial guidelines. We plant with love and care, as we reopen to be your safe haven of respite and rejuvenation. Come SHINE with us! Our Botanical Gardens spring blooms await our 1st seasonal guests on June 3rd welcome back! The Garden Centre and Garden Gift Shop offer a fully stocked selection of ornamental plant material for your home sanctuary, while garden gifts feature a selection of outdoor accessories, original artworks from local nature artisans, even PPE washable face masks and more! We are proud to have purchased all of our PPE from local and Canadian companies, as we support many area businesses. Our Musical Fountain Show starts on June 6th offering a relaxing water therapy display in sync to new world music composed by owner, Darren Heimbecker a.k.a. artistic brand Aria. Our nature conservation efforts are well documented in this year’s 2020 Founder's Message NEW highlights include, our Peony Collection expansion, which now surpasses 1,300 varieties! Over 100 new varieties were added into the collection from Our Peony Donors David Maltby, the Cook family and Whistling Gardens. This required the making of new beds and shifting existing plants from one garden to another. This season’s Best Bloom Time… second week of June onward – watch for our social media updates! 2020 introduces significant changes with the addition of new beds, pathways and plants as work continues throughout 2020. Guests have been traveling to Canada to specifically see our peony collection, often sharing their amazement of the diversity of the plants amongst our other collections. We are honoured to be recognized in the league, as the home of many significant plant collections. The growth of plants continues to amaze visitors and even myself. Shade was once a limited commodity at the gardens and now "plant shuffling" of sun loving plants is becoming an annual necessity. Visitors retuning from their first 2012 visit, just can't believe the changes and the maturity of the gardens. Many specimens thrive, as both Red Oak (Quercus rubra), and Tulip Tree (Liriodendorn tulipifera) have grown to more than over 40 feet in just ten years from 3 to 5 foot saplings.
Musical Fountains Expansion, Gardens & Birds The renovation of the fountains has been going smoothly. Phase 1 was completed at the end of 2019. The piping for new fountains will be finished this year and some of the new theatrical technologies will be experimented with this summer and next year as we get ready for our 10th Anniversary in 2022 and the grand opening of the evening fountain shows….fingers crossed! 4 km of walking paths, over 22 acres of streams, ponds, cascades, as well as cottage garden strolls, magnificent formal gardens and European influenced architecture all await you at our National Award winning botanical gardens. Thousands of perennials, annuals and flowering trees will be blooming throughout each season. We are also home to the world’s largest public conifer collection with some 2,000 different plants on display. Make
new friends at our Aviary exhibit, featuring our bird art exhibit along with over 50 exotic birds of every imaginable colour!
Garden Centre – NEW Arrivals! “Create your own paradise, become inspired”
Spring - Starting June 3rd – June 29th 2020 Garden Centre Ornamental trees, shrubs, rare varieties also fully stocked
Summer August 1st - August 31st Sunny Sweet Deals “Super Summer Perennial Sale”
Fall - September 1st – October 12th “Fall & Labour Day Sale”
Great deals on ornamental trees, shrubs, specialty flowering plants & rare varieties.
Looking for a specific plant? We may have it in stock or help you find it.
Landscape Design Services! Are you ready to plan your garden sanctuary? http://www.whistlinggardens.ca/landscape-design.php Certified Landscape Designer Patti MacDonald offers consultations to help clients realize their garden’s potential and tackle your wish list ideas. By combining nature, growing conditions, space, preferences and creativity, your oasis awaits! BONUS: Receive a 10% discount on all garden plantings bought at Whistling Gardens Garden Centre within a one year period during and after Patti’s initial garden consult. Contact Patti MacDonald to further explore your possibilities: [email protected]
“BLOOM” Whistling Gardens JUNE Peony Festival “Celebrating North America's Largest Public Peony Collection 1,300 Varieties” BOTANICAL GARDENS: ● Book Garden Experiences Nature’s Wellness, Beekeeper, Nature Works ● Father’s Day 50% OFF 2nd Admission ● Rejuvenate – Musical Fountain Show & Bird Aviary ● “Best Peony Photo Contest” GARDEN CENTRE: ● Ornamental trees, shrubs, rare varieties fully stocked ● Free Horticulture Advice ● Gift Shop Boutique ● Prepackaged Drinks & Snacks
June 20th 2020 4:00pm-5:00pm
Would You Like To Be In Our Film Documentary? It’s our 1st production day! Wear your finest casual garden outfit, as a few lucky guests will have a chance to be interviewed. All garden guests exploring our peony gardens could be featured in our film footage. Say cheese and we hope you might share a few kind words with the crew if you’re asked to be interviewed!
June 21th 2020
Happy Father's Day - Happy Garden Day Admission Rate Special! SPECIAL ADMISSION DAY! Receive A 50% Discount On Your 2nd Admission Discover our floral magic! Bring a friend, camera, picnic lunch and spend the day! Our special “Garden Days” Admission Specials applies to individual Botanical Gardens Admissions, Purchase 1 Garden Admission & Receive A 50% Discount On Your 2nd Admission.
“BLOSSOM” Whistling Gardens Summer Festival July 1st – August 31st Summer - July, Mid August... 1,000's of summer blooms reveal their beauty, with Red Hot Poker, Foxtail Lily, Blanket Flower, Echinacea, Aruncus, Lilies, Day Lilies and more... BOTANICAL GARDENS: ● Book Garden Experiences Wellness, Beekeeper, Nature Workshops ● CARE Day 50% Admission Donated ● Rejuvenate – Musical Fountain Show & Bird Aviary ● “Celebrate Summer Photo Contest” GARDEN CENTRE: ● “Perennial Sale” ● Ornamental trees, shrubs, rare varieties in stock ● Free horticulture advice ● Gift Shop Boutique ● Prepackaged Drinks & Snacks
PHOTO CONTESTS “Best Landscape Garden Photos” Best Peony Photo Contest - Now until June 30th 2020 Celebrate Summer Photo Contest June 21st - September 21st 2020 Fall Kaleidoscope Photo Contest – September 22nd - October 12th 2020 Send us your "Best Photo" taken at Whistling Gardens with Photo Credit for a chance to win two garden day passes! Multiple images are encouraged and please name photo content if possible. Please email photos to [email protected] in a jpg format, no size restrictions apply and check submission deadlines at http://www.whistlinggardens.ca/garden-photography.php
Book A GARDEN EXPERIENCE! ♥ Wellness ♥ Nature Education ♥ Price Includes Botancial Gardens Admission
*Subject To COVID Reopening Permissions , Contact Program Facilitators To Register & Determine Group Size
Adult, Family & Kids Programs - Visit program links to learn more Beekeeper For A Day Tour & Wild Tea Party, Birds, Pollinators, Felting Workshops
Nature's Wellness - Mindfulness, Meditation Yoga, Labyrinth Walking Labyrinth In The Gardens Contact Lori Haskings - Barber P: 519-209-2529 Email: [email protected] Meditation & Yoga Classes @ $22 pp Contact Rosemary Lee P: 519-865-3302 Email: [email protected] www.bodybalanced.ca/index.asp
Family Day Photo Shoots! ♥ Spring ♥ Summer ♥ Fall *Subject To COVID Reopening Compliance Permissions
Family Photo Days at the Gardens are here! Time to update your family photos? Join us for 30 minutes mini sessions with Dylan & Sandra Photography at the beautiful gardens. Includes 10 images and a print release. Admission rates apply. Spaces are very limited. Click here to reserve your space! Your Photo Session includes: 30 minute session 10 photos (choose your favourites from your online gallery)
All photos delivered as high resolution jpgs Print release included $99 +HST Contact Dylan & Sandra [email protected] www.dylanandsandra.com
July 19th 2020
Whistling Gardens CARE DAY “Support our COVID-19 Frontline Workers” Plan a visit and show you care about healthcare! 50% Garden Admissions Donated - Norfolk General Hospital Foundation We continue our annual tradition of gifting funds each year as 50% of our individual botanical garden admissions are donated in support of the gift of heath. Whistling Gardens is proud to support over 20+ local and regional charities each year since our inception.
Self Guided Tours, Season Memberships & Gift Certificates *Due to COVID Compliance Guidelines ONLY Self Guided Tours Are Available
SELF GUIDED TOURS Visitors receive a personal greeting as we comply with COVID pre-screening regulations, directions to garden amenities, accessible paths, receive a garden site map and you are notified of timing for our musical fountain show. SEASON MEMBERSHIPS & GIFT CERTIFICATES! Garden centre and botanical gardens gift certificates make a unique gift. Season Memberships offer a savings for visitors wishing to visit throughout the season while saving 10% on their garden centre purchases.
GARDEN BLISS & Celebration Events… NOW RESERVING! As we book weekends to capacity each season, couples, families and groups are encouraged to plan ahead to reserve their garden wedding ceremony, or celebration with our awarding winning events management team. Packages include a musical fountain show, complimentary temple garden wedding display flowers, garden tour upon request, complimentary use of tables, chairs and more… DRESS IT UP! Our new décor rentals, table linens, chair covers and sashes are offered at preferred pricing just for our garden guests THREE SEASONS TO ELOPE is our NEW all-inclusive microwedding package! The “PERFECT PROPOSAL” Awaits You! Your 22 acre private botanical gardens rental awaits you…Can you imagine the surprise? Our exclusive, 3 hour garden rental is a customized dining, décor, entertainment and tour experience personalized to fulfill your romantic vision. Let’s explore how we may best fulfill your vision and romantic wish list. Learn more visit http://www.whistlinggardens.ca/weddings.php
WHAT ELSE? Visit Our Website to learn about…
BIRDING – Join our Garden Birdwatchers! Meet Our Team of dedicated staff, volunteers, suppliers. Contact us to join our garden journey!
GARDEN ART EXHIBITS Cole - Talbot, Marguerite Larmand & Local Garden Art Creation Now Available for purchase!
Learn about our Wheel Chair Accessibility & More http://www.whistlinggardens.ca/faq.php SPECIAL DEALS & SNEAK PEEKS & ANNOUNCEMENTS – Connect With Us On Social Media
POPUP SHOWCASES & DRAWS! Follow us on our Social Media Channels for A Chance To WIN! FACEBOOK: Whistling.Gardens TWITTER: WhistlingG INSTAGRAM: WhistlingGardens Botanical Gardens & Garden Centre Spring Hours 9:30am to 5:00pm Wednesday through Sunday including holidays Check our Spring, Summer & Fall Seasonal Hours first before you plan a visit www.whistlinggardens.ca/admission.php Directions http://www.whistlinggardens.ca/directions.php
Whistling Gardens MAKING NEWS In The United States!
We are thrilled to be a featured garden in the University of Michigan’s Nichols Arboretum’s 100th anniversary book Passion for Peonies which explores the cultural and historic peony varieties while acknowledging collections of significance! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UMPressGreatLakes/posts/242867657058557 David Michener has curated the peony garden at the University of Michigan’s Nichols Arboretum since 1990. He is co-author (with Carol A. Adelman) of Peony: The Best Varieties for Your Garden. Robert Grese is Theodore Roosevelt Chair of Ecosystem Management in the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan as well as Director of the Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum. Use promotion code UMGLPEONIES for 30% off and free shipping! Paper | 168 pages | color | $24.95 ISBN 978-0-472-03780-3 | 2020 www.press.umich.edu/greatlakes mbgna.umich.edu
Millstream Garden Award - North American Rock Garden Society
A proud moment for Whistling Gardens, founder/creator Darren Heimbecker when the following email arrived. “I am pleased and honored to inform you that you have been awarded the Millstream Award from the North American Rock Garden Society. This award, inspired by Linc and Timmy Foster’s garden in Connecticut, is given to an extraordinary garden that exemplifies the art and craft of rock gardening: yours does this and more! A suite of images of your garden were shown at the Study Weekend yesterday in Frazer, Pennsylvania, and the crowd audibly swooned! Congratulations, and thank you for all you have done for the North American Rock Garden society and our cherished art,” Sincerely, Panayoti Kelaidis, Senior Curator and Director of Outreach, Denver Botanic Gardens www.botanicgardens.org The award was presented by Garden Writer/Lecturer Anna Leggatt including a generous 6 page business feature in their Quarterly Magazine. https://www.nargs.org/article/whistling-gardens https://www.nargs.org/
GOOD WILL COVID-19 Community Gifts Waterford District High School PROM Day! What no prom? Each graduating senior receives a complimentary day pass for three guests to visit us while wearing their prom outfits to take photos as a special keepsake. For years, many students have made a visit to our gardens to take their memorable Prom Photographs; this is so special for us too! Norfolk General Hospital Foundation will receive proceeds from our July 19th CARE DAY to support our front line workers! To date, over $6,000 has been raised on behalf of our partner events!
PLANNING YOUR VISIT – PREORDER LUNCHES “Curbside Pickup Hospitality” St. James Eatery in Waterford is a 5 minute drive from our gardens. Kerry and her team offer friendly country style takeout CURBSIDE PICKUP lunches and snacks. Hours: Wednesday to Sunday 8:00am-2:00pm. Salad sandwiches combos available. To preorder and view menus visit https://www.facebook.com/Kerrys-St-James-Street-Eatery-415470915238520/ Email: [email protected] or Ph: (519) 443-4000 Ritzy Cakes & Eatery welcomes you to Norfolk County! A family run eatery & dessert shop located in Waterford, that is just a simple 5 minute drive south from Whistling Gardens! Your safety is our top priority and therefore we are currently offering CURBSIDE PICKUP of pre-ordered light lunches for visits Wednesday through Saturday 11:30am-3:30pm. Simply visit our website at
www.robinsritzycakes.com and click TAKE OUT menu to access our current offerings OR call us to place your order at 519-443-0964. Sandwiches, wraps, salads, soup of the day, desserts and drinks both hot & cold. Need More Ideas? Visit http://www.whistlinggardens.ca/visitor-ideas.php
Finally, our spring started early with our variegated conifers cover story guest article in Fine Gardening Magazine. Although the world momentum has changed in such a short time, we are hopeful our group visits, first Quebec buses and gardening conference tours will reschedule for another year. Many still ask, what happened? So we reflect back and remain grateful to our dedicated circle of garden friends keeping us inspired by their kind support. This includes over 4,000+ gardeners, members, national media, garden societies, clubs, organizations Garden Making Magazine and the Canadian Garden Council lending their written support to restore our 5 year permissions which are functions of botanical gardens due to a staff policy review. With gratitude, thank you to Norfolk Council http://www.whistlinggardens.ca/temp/Thank-You-WG.jpg who made everything right again. We plant in perpetuity, reinvesting profits, to fulfill our botanical vision. As land stewards the gardens reflect our life’s work and purpose. To our surprise, we are now receiving private donor offers by
several growers, businesses and garden supporters as great care is taken to acknowledge each gift of kindness. We plant for you, our valued garden centre customers, botanical gardens season members and visitors from around the globe who share our passion and purpose. Guests should feel as if we are inviting them to experience an extension of their own private garden. Your genuine exchanges of encouragement are truly heartfelt as we share our private story of transforming our "corn field into a botanical garden" leaving us feeling like the little garden that could. Gardening is good for the soul…. Happy Gardening! Darren & Wanda Heimbecker & Our Sunny Garden Team Whistling Gardens...Imagine Whistling Gardens 698 Concession 3 RR #1 Wilsonville ON N0E 1Z0 E: [email protected] P: 519.443.5773 F: 519.443.4141 www.whistlinggardens.ca
Join us on FACEBOOK: Whistling.Gardens TWITTER: WhistlingG Instagram: WhistlingGardens Located in Norfolk County "Ontario's Garden" GARDEN AWARDS & Recognition: 2019 Millstream Garden Award - North American Rock Garden Society 2017 Best Gardening Event of The Year “Whistling Gardens Peony Festival” Toronto Star, Sonia Day National Canadian Garden Columnist
2017 Canada 150 for 150 Awards Federal Medal Recipient - MP Diane Finley 2017 Recognized as 1 of 20 Canadians Shaping Our Future Gardens - Garden Making Magazine 2017 Canada 150 Garden Experience Designation - North American Garden Tourism Conference 2016 Best Botanical Gardens of The Year – Toronto Star, Sonia Day National Canadian Garden Columnist/Multi Award Winning Author Canada’s Best New Garden Experience – Canadian and International Garden Tourism Awards Sustainable Tourism Ambassador of The Year Award – Long Point World Biosphere Reserve Foundation in partnership with Norfolk County VOTED: Top 10 Amazing Places of Norfolk County Readers Choice Award: Best Local Tourist Attraction/Best Wedding Facility "Home to North America's Largest Public Peony & Conifer Collections"
