The Secret Garden

As I’ve mentioned here before, one of my favourite in-town getaways is the nearby but somehow remote Tommy Thompson park, which sits at the far end of the ports district and the Toronto Islands chain. Nefarious and I went there today in the mist of the rain, having just eaten a sushi lunch inside a giant wooden pirate ship at a park near the docks. We were pleasantly surprised not just with thousands of snails who were up and off of the wet earth, but by a beautiful sculpture garden full of hobo inuksuks, shrines, crosses, and walled gardens with thousands of flowers, cacti, and berry bushes carefully planted throughout, having been built up from the rubble that litters the rocky beach.

There is so much beauty tucked away in the nooks and crannies of our planet, and sometimes it is seen by the world, and sometimes only a few sets of eyes ever appreciate it or even discover it. My thanks go to the wild people who created this.

Lots of big pictures…

3 Comments

  1. Elizabeth wrote:

    Thank you for sharing. I mean that in every way of course. You are one of those rare types that show this reality to be magically delicious, which of course it is and always will be. A thistle bloom is beautiful, because. A child too. :) I hope your Father’s Day is as wonderful as your Fathering, or half that.

    Friday, June 19, 2009 at 6:55 am | Permalink
  2. peteD3 wrote:

    way cool pictures!

    so, im coming to Toronto in August. got time to hang out?

    Friday, June 19, 2009 at 10:19 am | Permalink
  3. peteD3 wrote:

    oops, cancel that.
    budget cutbacks to Human Services = no trip to conference!

    Monday, June 22, 2009 at 11:11 am | Permalink
Wow Shannon, that's really annoying! What is it, 1997 on Geocities? Retroweb is NOT cool!

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