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SUMMARY:Free -- Botanical Gardens and Greenhouse Tour at the Crop Diversification Centre South
DESCRIPTION:Botanical Garden and Greenhouse Tour. \nFriday\, July 21\, 2023\, from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm\n78 Horticultural Station Road (Range Rd 142A)\, Brooks\nMGs\, it’s time for a summer field trip! Let’s get together and tour the greenhouses and botanical\ngardens at Alberta’s Crop Diversification Centre South\, near Brooks. This is an interesting historical\nand educational destination for tree and shrub enthusiasts. The botanical gardens include the:\n Heritage Rose Garden\, with some one-of-a-kind results of early Canadian rose breeders\n Golden Prairie Arboretum\, which encompasses four acres of trees\, shrubs and over 100\nlilacs\n Forever Green Pinetum\, featuring many conifers\n perennial bed/rock garden border and an interactive sundial\nSchedule\n9:50 am – Meet in the parking lot of the botanical gardens\n10:00 am – Hosted greenhouse tour\n10:45 am – Self-guided tour of the botanical gardens\n12:00 pm – Lunch at the picnic area\n12:45 pm – Continue touring the gardens\nDetails\nThis field trip will proceed rain or shine\, so come prepared with your sunscreen\, insect repellent\, and\numbrella or rain gear as needed. Comfortable walking shoes are recommended. Please be aware\nthat the greenhouses may be extremely warm inside.\nPlease bring your own bagged lunch\, drinks\, and snacks. (Food may also be purchased in Brooks.)\nPublic washrooms are available.\nCost and RSVP\nThere is no cost for this tour. Please RSVP to Linda at events-south@mgaab.org if you wish to\nattend. Please feel free to bring a friend.\nMaps and plant information will be provided for attendees upon arrival at the gardens.\nDirections and Parking\nThe Crop Diversification Centre South is a two-hour drive from Calgary. To get there:\n1. Follow Highway 1\, heading east towards Brooks.\n2. Turn south onto Highway 542 and follow Cassils Road E into Brooks.\n3. At the Flying J Travel Centre\, turn left onto College Drive E (Township Road 185B) and follow it\nuntil it meets Horticultural Station Road (Range Road 142A).\n4. Drive south on Horticultural Station Road until you reach the Crop Diversification Centre South.\nThere is free parking at the botanical gardens.
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