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Gardens & Flowers

Orillia - Backlit Daisies


Along the trans-Canada trail through Orillia are many areas where wilflowers grow profusely. This field of dogwood daisies was caught in the morning sun, still heavy with dew.While these areas aren't cultured gardens, they are quite lovely wildflower gardens, grown on fringe of a creekbed, or in wide open fields at the hands of mother nature.


Orillia - A Perfect Crop, tulips at Veteran's Park


A Perfect Crop - Tulips in the spring garden at the edge of Veteran's Park, at the foot of Mississaga Street along Orillia's waterfront. Orillia, Ont.

Orillia - Apple Blossom Time; along Mississaga Street's residential area apple treems bloom in early spring


Along Mississaga Street in Orillia one can find many flowering trees on the front lawns of the old homes that line the street. Apple blossoms are plentiful during the spring. Orillia, Ont.

Orillia - Coreopsis plants in a local garden, swaying in the wind


Yellow coreopsis grown in an Orillia garden. The bright yellow flowers sit on delicate stalks that sway in the wind blowing up Mississaga Street from the lake.

Hosta plants can be found in most of local shade gardens

A large hosta from one of the local gardens. There are many areas of older established homes where trees are large and provide a fair amount of shade. In those areas, hostas are a common sight as they grow well in shaded gardens.

Along one of the nature trails that wend its way through Orillia are many wildflowers; this is a field full of wild anemone

A field of wild anemone found along one of Orillia's many trails. This particular field is only a short distance from the trail entrance along Woodland Drive in Orillia.


tulips blooming in May in planted bed at Veteran's Park, part of Orillia's waterfront


Orillia - Veteran's Park. One of the gardens in Veteran's Park showing off it's spring display of bulbs - tulips and hyacinth cover this garden in spring.


bright pink tulips in the garden at the front of the O'brien Street Medical center, Orillia


Orillia - bright pink tulips blooming in bunches outside the Obrien Street medical clinic. The clinic has gardens  on every side, except behind it where the parking areas are paved with no ground to plant in.


a pretty spring garden against the side of the old library building in downtown Orillia

A pretty spring garden at the side of the old library on Mississaga Street in downtown Orillia. Since the old building has been demolished and a new one is being constructed, we'll need to wait and discover what sort of plantings will adorn the new library.


a line of bridal veil spirea shrubs up against the red brick of the O'brien Street Medical Center

A row of bridal veil spirea along the edge of the Obrien Street Medical Clinic, at the corner of Mississaga and Obrien Streets.


gardens at Veteran's Park, Orillia/Lake Couchiching waterfront

Another view of the spring garden at Veteran's Park on Orillia's waterfront, this one showing a display of dark purple hyacinth.
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