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The Garden is now closed for the season. But while you're waiting for a new gardening year to start, please watch the video above. We hope it will persuade you to put the Garden on your list of places to visit in 2010!

PS: You can see more Kingsbrae Garden videos by going to the Kingsbrae Garden channel on YouTube!

 

 

Sculpture Competition Finalists Announced

We announce with great pleasure the finalists for the 2010 version of the Kingsbrae Garden Sculpture Competition. Entries came from across the entire country, and we were very pleased to see a number of those who participated in this past year's competition re-enter as well. Go to the Art in the Garden page for details.

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Art in the Garden works!

Kingsbrae Garden mounted a successful new Sculpture Garden and all-season Competition, with seventeen entries from Newfoundland & Labrador to British Columbia. At the close of the season, prizes were awarded: 1st place is “Canadian Geese in Flight”, by Kerry O'Toole of Woodstock, New Brunswick. Second prize goes to the bronze “Heron” by Brett Davis of Newmarket, Ontario. Honourable mention goes to Bozena Happach of Montréal, Québec for “Windy Day”.

“Silver Maple”, by Mark Breckenridge of Bluevale, Ontario won the People’s Choice distinction, through voting by the thousands of visitors to Kingsbrae Garden over the season. Lawrence Wuest of Woodstock, New Brunswick received a patrons' special prize for his sculpture “Capstan Dance” . To see the entire line-up of the competition and information for next year’s competition, click here.

Submissions are now closed for the 2010 Great Canadian Sculpture Competition, with entries again having been received from coast to coast.

Sculptures not awarded prizes are for sale to the public; some sales have occurred this year, as in past seasons. The winning sculptures will be on permanent display at Kingsbrae Garden. As each year’s first prize winner and possibly the second are added, the Sculpture Garden will house a growing and significant permanent collection, added to over two dozen sculptures and fountains found throughout the 27-acre site. Ingenious plantings make the discovery of each sculpture a mini-adventure, encouraging visitors to appreciate each on its own merits, while strolling through a verdant horticultural creation, across Monet-style bridges and rocky streams.

In the Garden as a whole, the juxtaposition of art and nature adds an extra pleasure for visitors of all ages and interests. Numerous benches alongside kilometres of trails make ideal stops for rest and contemplation—plus the inspiration for and creation of more art. Painters, photographers and other artists are always welcome.

Comments from many visitors were glowing in appreciation of the Sculpture Competition. Even visitors who were slightly coerced into coming to the Garden by their nearest and dearest passionate gardener declared themselves pleasantly surprised, praising the sculptures and numerous other features, such as the alpacas, peacocks and a wide variety of activities for children.

Kingsbrae Garden is open daily, mid-May to mid-October. With reports from many gardens, museums and other tourist attractions across North America reporting declines in visitation this year, Kingsbrae Garden is pleased to announce a small but welcome increase over 2008. Evidently, art works.

 

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