Edwards Gardens

Edwards Gardens in Toronto grew from an early nineteenth-century estate associated with Alexander Milne, a Scottish weaver who settled there after the War of 1812. After Milne left in 1832, the family retained the land, but it declined until Rupert E. Edwards bought it in 1944 and developed a notable garden around the estate and its mills. He sold the property in 1955 for use as a public park, which opened the next year. The grounds later became home to the Toronto Botanical Garden and today are valued for ornamental plantings, education, recreation, and their place within the city’s ravine park system.

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