Discover Acadian History, Culture and Food in Pubnico, Nova Scotia
Vibrant culture, stunning landscapes, and fresh Nova Scotia seafood await in the charming coastal village of Pubnico.
Nova Scotia’s coastal climate offers up four distinct seasons, lending to a variety of outdoor flowers and plant life thriving during the spring, summer and fall months before entering dormancy for the winter. Explore these gardens and nursery to discover the largest rose collection in Eastern Canada, an urban greenspace, a wildflower labyrinth, unexpected fruit growing in Nova Scotia, inventive sculptures, aromatic lavender, and more!
Annapolis Royal Historic Gardens
Named as one of Canada’s Top Garden’s Worth Travelling for in 2024 by the Garden Tourism Awards, this 17 acre setting overlooking a tidal river valley is sure to inspire all green thumbs. Don’t miss the fragrant rose gardens and rose maze, showcasing hundreds of cultivars and thousands of blossoms, the re-constructed Acadian house, butterfly garden and pine forest. Open May to October, explore the gardens for colourful displays spring through fall. Keep an eye out for a variety of sculptures throughout the gardens and enjoy a treat at the café before departing.
Halifax Public Gardens
Located in the Spring Garden Road area, this greenspace is a breath of fresh air in the heart of a bustling city district and one of the finest examples of a Victorian Garden in North America. From May to November pops of colour crop up all over the 16 acres of trails, ponds, lawns, and gardens. Visitors will enjoy springtime favourites like daffodils, crocus, and tulips; impressive dahlias, fragrant roses and colourful beds of annuals during the summer, and brilliant autumnal shades of golds, reds, and oranges. A bandstand with live music, café, and guided tours round out the experience here. Grounds open year-round.
Tangled Garden, Grand Pré
A passion project thirty years in the making, a visit to the Tangled Garden offers up a magical mix of garden rooms, graceful grasses and perennials, meandering pathways, and sculptures throughout the four-acre property, plus a seven-circle labyrinth. Stop to admire views of the Minas Basin, book a Plein-Air Picnic, and take a private, guided tour with the garden’s owner and creator. After, stop into the shop to purchase jams, jellies, salsas, liqueurs and more created from ingredients grown onsite.
Exotic Fruit Nursery, Lunenburg
Apples and blueberries may be the first that come to mind when thinking of Nova Scotian fruit, so visitors may be surprised by a variety of exotic fruit trees being grown just outside the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Lunenburg. The large greenhouses onsite are home to 100 unique trees and bushes and specialize in hardy, uncommon to Nova Scotia fruiting plants like figs, kiwi, persimmon, banana and many more. Call ahead to book a greenhouse tour, browse the gift shop, take in a workshop or even stay onsite in the guest suite.
Seafoam Lavender Gardens, Seafoam
For a few weeks each summer, the fragrant aromas of blooming lavender fill the air around this charming, family-run operation. But visitors can explore the grounds anytime during opening between Mother’s Day weekend in May and Thanksgiving in October. Bring a picnic lunch to enjoy on the property and explore the other flower gardens on the grounds. Lavender lovers will enjoy browsing the shop for a variety of handcrafted products which are also made on the property.
Cosby’s Garden Centre: Concrete Creations, Liverpool
Nestled in the trees behind Cosby’s Garden Centre on the outskirts of Liverpool, visitors will discover a walking trail with lots of surprises along the way. From Nova Scotian sculptor, Ian Higgins, uncover the creative concrete creations hiding amongst the trees. Open year round, visitors will be delighted as they discover the cast of characters and critters that call this sculpture garden home.
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