Royal Botanical Gardens - Hendrie Valley
Hi, we're Chantelle and Craig, and we are exploring the Hendrie Valley Sanctuary at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington, Ontario, Canada.
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Hendrie Valley Sanctuary (Royal Botanial Gardens) - Hamilton, Ontario
Phil and I visited the Hendrie Valley Sanctuary, part of the Royal Botanical Gardens in Hamilton, Ontario. The chipmunks and birds are so tame here they'll eagerly eat seeds out of your hands.
Soundtrack: Cold Out There - Jon Hopkins
A visit to Royal botanical gardens,Burlington,Ontario,Canada / RBG Centre/Travel Vlog
RBG Centre: RBG means Royal botanical gardens
RBG is home to five distinct formal gardens contained with 1,100 hectares of nature reserve, nestled into the slopes of Niagara Escarpment World Biosphere Reserve.
Address:
680 Plains Rd,W.Burlington,Ontario (Main entrance)
rbg.ca
Places to visit :
Hendrie Park: 1131Plains Rd,W.Burlington,ON
Laking Garden:1221 Spring Gardens Rd,Burlington,ON
Rock Garden: 1185 York Blvd,Hamilton, ON
Arboretum: 16 Old Guelph Rd,Dundas,ON
The Fishway: Waterfront trail
Shuttle bus services are available approximately every 20 minutes from RBG Centre to the places mentioned above.
Admission
Visitor Admission
Adult $18
Youth/Student* $15
Senior** $15
Child age 4 to 12 $10
Child under age 4 FREE
Family (2 adults and up to 2 children under age 18) $40
Tickets are available for purchase online, or when you arrive to any of our garden areas. Admission provides access to all garden areas for the day.
These tickets do not include access to all RBG events. Please check rbg.ca/events for more information on ticketing for individual events.
Hours
Daily, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Hours change seasonally, and vary by garden area.
Closures in specific areas due to special events may apply. Please check back prior to your visit.
Sunday June 2: Hendrie Park and RBG Centre will be closing at 3:30 p.m. June 2 in preparation for the Benefit Concert. Some other services also impacted
Holiday Hours
RBG is open year-round, including long weekends and holidays, with the exception of the following dates:
Christmas Eve: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Christmas Day: Closed
Boxing Day: Closed
New Year’s Eve: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
New Year’s Day: Closed
Recipes for palkova /thirattipal:
Please visit my blog 7aumsuvai.com for interesting recipes with stepwise pictures and detailed videos.
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Hendrie Valley
Nestled between highway, railroad tracks and cemeteries some unexpected treasures await for you at Hendrie Valley!
Birds at Hendrie Valley feeding from hand (GoPro)
Excursion into Hendrie Valley at the Royal Botanical Gardens (RBG) in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. I used a GoPro Hero 3 Silver on various mounts to capture the outing, which features great footage of the hand-tame black-capped chickadees feeding from my hand, and several other birds feeding from the railing on the boardwalk. Hope you enjoy! (Music is Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy, downloaded and used from a site offering it for FREE public domain use.)
DJI Spark Drone 2019 Hendrie Valley Royal Botanical Gardens
Aerial footage of Grindstone Marsh Trail in Hendrie Valley I believe part of the Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington Ontario (not for sure)
Highlights from Hendrie Garden at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Burlington
Fun family day spent at Hendrie Garden at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington, Ontario.
Hendrie Park at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Ontario
Hendrie Park at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Ontario
Beklenen Piknik- June 3rd, 2012, Lowville Park, Burlington, Ontario, Canada-2
Turkish community picnic. In spite of the weather (rainy with thunderstorms, 15 degrees C) we had a lot of fun.
Flowering Cherry Collection at Royal Botanical Gardens
Jen and Alex are in the Flowering Cherry collection at RBG's Arboretum talking about the best time to see these blooms and the Japanese tradition of Hanami.
Learn more about this collection at
Start your adventure at
RBG's Arboretum: 16 Old Guelph Road, Hamilton ON
General Admission applies:
Get year-round access to the gardens with an RBG Membership:
Royal Botanical Gardens is made up of four distinct formal gardens contained within 1,100 hectares of nature reserve, across the municipalities of Hamilton and Burlington Ontario. See all our garden areas and start planning your visit at
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What Makes Lasalle Park & Marina A Swan Paradise?
Twice a year, hundreds of swans migrate and choose Lasalle Park and Marina in Burlington as one of their rest stops. One of the swans that spends it's time there is the Trumpeter Swan, which is the largest waterfowl in the world. Reporter Shane Lansing and Camera Operator Daniel Stanfield met with Bev Kingdon from the Trumpeter Swan Coalition to find out why this marina is so special to these swans.
Cootes Paradise
Canoeing Cootes Paradise in Hamilton
WFO Paddling Cootes Paradise - Hamilton, Ontario Canada
We kayak Cootes Paradise in Hamilton Ontario Canada
Date of Visit: Sunday July 1st 2018
Length of paddle: approx. 4.5km
Time to complete: approx. 2hrs (at a leisurely pace)
Weather/wind: HOT, humid, low wind
Paddle Level: Beginner/Intermediate
Launch Arrangement: Wood Dock with ramp
Cootes Paradise Marsh is located in Hamilton, Ontario, is owned and managed by the Royal Botanical Gardens (RBG). The marsh is part of the Cootes Paradise nature reserve; a National Historic Site, an Important Bird Area (IBA), and an important Amphibian and Reptile Bird Area (IMPARA).
The history of Cootes is very interesting but rather sad, in the early 1900’s the habitat stated to decline due to pollution and introduction of Carp into Lake Ontario and by 1985 85% of its plant cover was lost and the carp numbers were out of control over 70,000. This lead to the whole area pretty much being invaded by non-native species of both flora and fauna.
Luckily the RBG took over the management and it’s getting better ever since, the wetland is back on track but there is still lots of rehabilitation work being done. It is one of the largest wetland rehabilitation projects in North America.
Although our trip was very hot, it was well worth it to see the Bald Eagle! Samm mentions in the video that Bald Eagles have not been seen for decades in Cootes, and they have not been seen on the Canadian Shores of Lake Ontario for decades. We are so lucky to have seen them twice here.
You can read more about this family of Bald Eagles and their recent hatched young on the RBG page here:
There is also information about which trail to take to see them from the inside the park.
Paddling at Cootes is beautiful, full of wildlife and when you get a little bit away from the road and highway, very quiet.
The have two launch sites and a canoe tour and group tours that can be booked through the website (liked below).
The area is huge, and there are little creeks and inlets to explore all over. We have yet to complete the entire shoreline yet. Please do check out the area maps before heading out and some areas are protected areas and are off limits.
While there is no admission fee, you do have to pay for parking. There are some benches in shaded tree cover near the parking lot. It was hard to find a spot to beach on the shoreline to take a break and you cannot beach on the islands and they are protected bird areas so plan ahead. There are no washroom facilities.
This is a great paddle, perhaps for beginners with a bit of experience. You will definitely see a lot of different wildlife here mostly smaller animals and lots and lots of birds, includes birds of prey.
The launch is great with the dock and ramp, also there was minimal goose droppings which was fantastic.
If you check out Cootes Paradise let us know what you thought of it in the comments below.
Enjoy the video
Cootes Paradise Marsh
Grindstone Creek Burlington Ontario Canada
Forgotten Travelers blog. Nature page.
Royal Botanical Gardens Walk through
Here We Are Hiking takes you on a walk through the Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington Ontario.
Cootes to Escarpment EcoPark System
Did you know Burlington is home to one of the most biologically rich areas of Canada, including more than 1,500 species of plants and animals, nearly a quarter of the country's wild plants and more than 50 at-risk species?
The Cootes to Escarpment, situated at the western end of Lake Ontario, is a unique ecological corridor that runs from Cootes Paradise Marsh to the Niagara Escarpment, 9,000 acres of significant lands that connect Hamilton and Burlington. Learn more.
Have an Adventure at RBG
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Royal Botanical Gardens located in Burlington, Ontario
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At approximately 6:30 PM, Burlington Fire along with Halton Police and EMS responded to a motorcyclist struck by an SUV. CPR was performed on the motorcyclist and was transported to hospital with life threatening injuries. Unfortunately the rider was later pronounced dead in hospital. Collision reconstruction unit is investigating.
The city of Burlington, Ontario (Winter)
This is Burlington where I took pics.