Allan Gardens

Allan Gardens, in Toronto’s Garden District, is one of the city’s oldest parks, opening to the public in 1860 after George William Allan donated land to the Toronto Horticultural Society. Expanded as a municipal park while remaining free to the public, it evolved from the Horticultural Gardens into a major botanical and civic space. Its early structures gave way to a pavilion, then to the present Palm House completed in 1910, later joined by additional greenhouses with specialized plant collections. Beyond horticulture, the grounds became an important gathering place, hosting the founding of the National Council of Women of Canada and later serving as a notable site of protest and public assembly.

Ontario · Canada