Don't Overlook:

No tour of the Garden would be complete without a visit to The Garden Café. Enjoy the serenity of the Garden and the splendour of this historic, turn-of-the-century Edward Maxwell building, while enjoying a light meal in the dining room or on the terrace, overlooking Passamaquoddy Bay.

After enjoying a leisurely meal, take time to visit the Garden Gift Shop and Art Gallery.

For café reservations, call (506) 529-3335, ext 1.

Other garden attractions include a 1/3 scale, fully functioning Dutch Windmill built in Holland, a cedar maze leading into a labyrinth, ponds stocked with fish and ducks, fountains, statues, woodland walking trails, Children’s Garden areas and much more. The Garden is fully accessible.

Sculpture in the Garden: Our new Sculpture Garden contains the works of artists from across Canada competing in the Kingsbrae Garden Sculpture Competition.

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Take a Tour of Our Garden

Sit back and view the images below, and you'll be following the route we suggest to our visitors, which is marked on the map below. The slideshow divides the tour into three sections: from the entrance to the Labyrinth; from the Edible Garden to the Organic Garden; and from the Spring Garden to the Garden Café. Enjoy!

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  • Welcome to the beautiful 27 acres that make up Kingsbrae Horticultural Garden.
  • Kingsbrae's parking lot is designed with the same care as its gardens.
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    A blaze of colour in the Entry Garden greets visitors.
  • Along the walk to the Visitors Centre is the White Garden, modelled after that of Sissinghurst Castle in England.
  • The approach to the Visitors Centre.
  • In front of the Visitors Centre is the Cottage Garden.
  • The Cottage Garden replicates the typical English garden with a vibrant mix of annuals and perennials.
  • The rill is one of several water features to be found in the Garden.
  • The Knot Garden is our most formal area, with Celtic knots in varying colours of foliage.
  • The Rose Garden is located on the site of the rose garden of the former estate. Here you'll find both bush and tea roses.
  • A peek through the large cedar hedge, the entry to the Perennial Garden.
  • Poppies bloom in the Perennial Garden.
  • A large lily bed is one of the 26 varied beds in the Perennial Garden.
  • The Perennial Garden in full summer glory.
  • The orchard presents trees of 12 New Brunswick heritage apples.
  • A whimsical bird house in a blooming apple tree.
  • The labyrinth is your exit point after navigating the maze. The Botinical Family stands guard.
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  • Our Edible Garden presents numerous fruits and berries for visitors to munch on.
  • The Bird & Butterfly Garden is designed to lure many varieties of winged visitors.
  • The Gravel Garden shows how gardeners can conserve water and protect the environment.
  • The Gravel Garden in early spring.
  • The Children's Fantasy Garden offers young visitors a place of their own to explore and enjoy.
  • The whimsical teapot trees and the climbing castle in the Fantasy Garden.
  • Alpacas at home in their enclosures, next door to the peacocks.
  • The miniature goats bask in the summer sun.
  • A wide variety of ornamental grasses can be found in the Grass Garden.
  • 30 varieties of hydrangea are on display.
  • Along the walk below the pond, you find the Wind Dance sculpture with the windmill in the distance.
  • Many rhododendrons line the path to the windmill.
  • A view across the large pond to the windmill.
  • The Garden has a genuine Dutch windmill at one-third scale.
  • A springtime path.
  • Focussing on touch and smell, the Scents & Sensitivity Garden was designed for the visually impaired.
  • The Therapy Garden provides a place for seniors from the residence next door to enjoy gardens.
  • Visitors learn the practices of organic gardening here in the Vegetable Garden.
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  • The pergola in the Spring Garden.
  • A pretty nook in the Display Garden.
  • The Container Garden with all kinds of "no room for a garden" ideas.
  • The chef presents recipes for dishes using the herbs growing around him.
  • View over the pond.
  • The Heath & Heather Garden.
  • This children's playhouse dates from 1894.
  • Even a utilitarian pump house becomes beautiful.
  • View of the bridge to Duck Island.
  • A look back to the Perennial Garden.
  • The Sculpture Garden presents works by Canadian artists in a beautiful setting.
  • Looking toward the Café and Gift Shop, with the "big chair".
  • In July, the path toward the main building is engulfed in peonies.
  • The lily fountain on the main lawn, favourite spot for the "upper ducks".
  • The Jurassic-era Wollemi pine.
  • A look at the inviting Café terrace.

 

About Our Garden

Kingsbrae Garden celebrates St. Andrews’ heritage of fine gardens with its use of old and new gardening styles. Visitors will find these great traditions in gardening in the White, Rose, Knot, Perennial and Cottage Gardens, to name but a few. Newer styles are reflected in our Gravel, Edible, Secret and Ornamental Grass gardens.

The map below shows the location of just some of our gardens. Click the map to go to a larger version which you can download and print.

Garden Map

Kingsbrae is a horticultural garden rather than a botanical one. The main difference is that Kingsbrae Garden is a feast for the eyes with wonderful display and themed gardens, as well as being educational; botanical gardens are generally parks with collections of individual specimens of each variety of plant, with education and cataloguing the primary function. At Kingsbrae Garden you will find most varieties labelled, at least once, but as there are masses of some varieties, not every plant is labelled. You might think of a botanical garden as a living encyclopaedia, whereas Kingsbrae Horticultural Garden might be likened to an enormous and beautiful coffee table book, offering glorious images with every turn of the page.