Canadensis

Contribute now to creating a legacy botanical garden for Ottawa, our Capital and Canada, benefiting all Canadians for generations to come. the time has never been better. Canadensis is registered Canadian charity. Donations are tax deductible. A tax receipt will be sent for all donations. We Have the Opportunity to Improve Our Quality of Life, and... Were Doing Something About It! Canadensis: The Garden of Canada will offer a unique place to celebrate our great natural heritage and demonstrate our ongoing commitment to sustainability in the context of climate change. Ottawa is the only G20 capital that has no botanical garden to display, interpret and promote Canadas botanical diversity and beauty, as well as Canadas vast horticultural, agricultural and arboricultural knowledge and expertise. All life depends on plants. Botany matters. In todays world, where environmental systems are increasingly interdependent, living plants are literally the lungs of the planet. They provide all of our food directly or indirectly. Plants provide most of the medicine used throughout the world as well as the building of raw materials and sources of many kinds of products, many of which we have yet to recognize or develop. Plants beautify and enrich our lives and give peace to our souls and facilitate our ability to envisage a more complete and richer future. Our garden will have the most plants from all parts of Canada in one location, for the purposes of education, research, conservation and public enjoyment. Plants will be curated and cared for as a collection in a living museum. In cooperation with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, the Arboretum, The Fletcher Wildlife Garden, and the Central Experimental Farm, Canadensis garden will be a public showcase for relevant research underway for our changing times. With our orderly and diverse collections of plants and extensive education programs, we are ideally positioned to make major contribution to our lives and to help us envisage the future. Sustainability and enrichment will ...Read More