Halifax Public Gardens

The Halifax Public Gardens are Victorian era public gardens formally established in 1867. The gardens are located near the popular shopping district of Spring Garden Road. The gardens are a national historic site.

The gardens also feature a bandstand that is used for free public concerts on Sunday afternoons during the summer months.

The Gardens include formal floral displays, weeping trees, fountains, roses, magnolias and foliage plants.

The trees and flowers are beautiful, and many people enjoy feeding the ducks, who make themselves at home in the localponds.

The Public Gardens were badly damaged by Hurricane Juan in 2003 and many of the trees and bushes were destroyed. But thanks to a local radio telethon that raised approximately $1 million, the dead trees and bushes were replaced, someredesign work was done, and the gardens reopened on Canada Day, 2004.

The site was originally chosen about 1841 in what was then part of the common park. The space was laid out in flower beds and vegetable plots and enclosed by a fence.

It became a resort for all the wealth and fashion of the time,with local military bands providing free music on holidays. Over time, the gardens evolved to what they are today.

Main entrance at the corner of Spring Garden Road and South Park Street.

Open daily from May to November 11, 8am to dusk.

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