Ottawa City Hall Gardens
There are three gardens at Ottawa City Hall: Ghent Treaty Rose Garden, Marion Dewar Plaza Garden, and We Grow Well Community Garden.
1. GHENT TREATY ROSE GARDEN
Located in Nelson Mandela square near the Human Rights Memorial, this rose garden is a gift from the Belgian Royal Society for Agriculture and Botany commemorating the 200th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent, bringing an end to the War of 1812.
The Treaty of Ghent Rose showcased in this garden is a variety created in 1815 at the Ghent Flower Show to honour the delegation negotiating the treaty.
It was unveiled in 2014 by the Belgian Ambassador to Canada and the Mayor of the City of Ottawa.
2. MARION DEWAR PLAZA GARDEN
Marion Dewar Plaza is a public space designed to encourage visitors to slow down and interact with each other. It features landscape architecture, wide, sweeping paths, and a shallow fountain that visitors are invited to step into on hot summer days.
Who is Marion Dewar?” A former mayor who touched the lives of many. Marion Dewar served as Ottawa mayor from 1978 to 1985. One of her many accomplishments included a program called Project 4000, where she arranged for Vietnamese boat people to relocate in the capital. Dewar passed away in 2008. She was 80 years old.
3. WE GROW WELL COMMUNITY GARDEN
This new raised-bed garden is being built this summer at City Hall. It will be managed by The Well, a day program for women and children in the Ottawa area with meal programming that is located on Elgin close to City Hall. The majority of what they grow will contribute to their free lunches
1. GHENT TREATY ROSE GARDEN
Located in Nelson Mandela square near the Human Rights Memorial, this rose garden is a gift from the Belgian Royal Society for Agriculture and Botany commemorating the 200th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Ghent, bringing an end to the War of 1812.
The Treaty of Ghent Rose showcased in this garden is a variety created in 1815 at the Ghent Flower Show to honour the delegation negotiating the treaty.
It was unveiled in 2014 by the Belgian Ambassador to Canada and the Mayor of the City of Ottawa.
2. MARION DEWAR PLAZA GARDEN
Marion Dewar Plaza is a public space designed to encourage visitors to slow down and interact with each other. It features landscape architecture, wide, sweeping paths, and a shallow fountain that visitors are invited to step into on hot summer days.
Who is Marion Dewar?” A former mayor who touched the lives of many. Marion Dewar served as Ottawa mayor from 1978 to 1985. One of her many accomplishments included a program called Project 4000, where she arranged for Vietnamese boat people to relocate in the capital. Dewar passed away in 2008. She was 80 years old.
3. WE GROW WELL COMMUNITY GARDEN
This new raised-bed garden is being built this summer at City Hall. It will be managed by The Well, a day program for women and children in the Ottawa area with meal programming that is located on Elgin close to City Hall. The majority of what they grow will contribute to their free lunches
Area: Central
Address
110 Laurier Ave W, Ottawa, ON K1P 1J1
Website
https://ottawa.ca/en
Amenities
Parking $ / on street parking
Washrooms
Wheelchair Accessible
Child Friendly
