Gardens & Flowers
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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 row of bridal veil spirea along the edge of the Obrien Street Medical Clinic, at the corner of Mississaga and Obrien Streets.
Another view of the spring garden at Veteran's Park on Orillia's waterfront, this one showing a display of dark purple hyacinth.
Please, come visit our little corner of the world. Enjoy one of Ontario's popular destination places; Orillia is the fun place to be! 









