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Everything is blooming and growing, and the Garden grows even more with the opening of our new Sculpture Garden. Come visit the site and the eighteen sculptures exhibited by artists from across Canada in the first Kingsbrae Garden Sculpture Contest. You can find out more by visiting the Art in the Garden page on this site.

The tabs above will give you even more reasons why Kingsbrae Garden should be high on your list of places to visit:

About the Garden introduces you to Kingsbrae Garden, showing numerous themed garden areas and features to enjoy throughout the season and any time of the year. See Canada's first 'Jurassic Living Fossil" wollemi pine tree and our 2nd annual sCAREcrows Fight Hunger contest.

Visiting tells how to find Kingsbrae Garden, giving daily admission rates & hours, tour and group travel information and how to enjoy your visit to the max.

Things To Do highlights fun activities throughout the Garden, for all ages, as well as fall & winter festivals, weddings, functions and special events.

Café, Gift Shop, Art describes relaxing and entertaining things to do at the Kingsbrae Garden Café and Gift Shop. There's also an Art Gallery, not to mention the sculpture you will find throughout the grounds.

Education provides information on special garden education events.

In The Latest News, you'll discover the latest happenings at the Garden.

Plant Centre will let you know about our many beautiful plants, tools and other gardening products.

 

Kingsbrae Garden, a 27 acre horticultural masterpiece, is nestled in the heart of St Andrews by-the-Sea, Canada's premier seaside resort community. Named one of Canada's Top Ten Public Gardens, the Garden was recently awarded the "Because Green Matters" National Stewardship award from Project EverGreen Canada, and designated a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary. The Garden was declared Attractions Canada's National Winner for "Best Developed Outdoor Site in Canada" in 2001, after just 3 years of operation.

Kingsbrae Garden has been created on the grounds of several grand old estates, incorporating mature cedar hedges, flower beds and an old-growth Acadian forest. Follow walking paths through magnificent collections of over 50,000 flowers, shrubs and trees in many themed gardens, complemented by a genuine Dutch windmill, cedar maze, sculptures, alpacas, peacocks, ducks and more. Our site and buildings are handicap accessible.

Go to the About the Garden section of the Kingsbrae Garden site to find out more.

Visiting Kingsbrae Garden couldn't be easier. The beautifully landscaped parking lot greets you with bountifully blooming annuals. Reasonable admission rates are designed for visitors of all ages, allowing you to come in and out as often as you like. Special group rates are available, with ample free parking. You can also learn about our services for those with disabilities and how to become a member of the Garden.

Learn more about visiting Kingsbrae Garden.

Fun for all ages… things to see… things to do. From croquet and bocce ball to treasure hunts, from alpacas to peacocks, from sculptures to munching in the Edible Garden... Kingsbrae Garden offers a veritable cornucopia of delights! Take a Floral Carpet Ride, tour on your own or with a guide. Bring the kids to free activities in the Children's Fantasy Garden, daily in July & August. Learn how we can help make your wedding a time of special and treasured memories to last forever, and any special event unforgettable.

Discover more about all the things to do at Kingsbrae Garden!

Enjoy a delightful dining experience in the licensed Garden Café, overlooking superb grounds, with a serene view of Passamaquoddy Bay. The light and healthy menu features the best local seafood and vegetables, all prepared fresh daily. View an exhibit of the work of local artists in the Kingsbrae Art Gallery and shop for unique garden-themed items in the Garden Gift Shop.

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New Sculpture Garden and Competition at Kingsbrae Garden in St. Andrews

Eighteen original sculptures by artists from British Columbia to Newfoundland will be showcased in a brand-new sculpture garden at the magnificent 27-acre Kingsbrae Garden in the historic seaside resort town, St. Andrews by-the-Sea, New Brunswick.

The new sculpture garden, with extensive water features, is designed to create interesting nooks and corners in which to display the sculptures to best advantage. The wide variety of sculpting materials and styles, combined with the stream, reflecting pools and Monet-style bridges, will make a ramble through this garden both intriguing and stimulating.

Bernard Riordon, Director of the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton, said, “Kingsbrae Garden is one of the finest public gardens of its kind in Canada. The introduction of a sculpture garden will enhance the natural environment and the visitor experience to Kingsbrae Garden and at the same time provide financial support and public exposure to artists across Canada. Art in public spaces is one of the most visible ways to encourage a comfort level and natural appreciation of our visual culture.”

The inaugural season for this garden features the work of seventeen artists competing in the first Kingsbrae Garden Sculpture Competition, open to Canadian artists. A first prize of $10,000 and a second prize of $5,000 will be announced this fall. Visitors and Kingsbrae Garden members are invited to vote for their favourite sculpture all season. The sculpture competition will be held each year, adding the winning sculptures to the Garden’s substantial collection.

Tom Smith, MFA, RCA, eminent potter and resident of St Andrews, commented, “A competition of this breadth can’t help but add attention not only to Kingsbrae Garden, but to the ever-increasing appeal of St Andrews as a centre for the arts, which seems to grow with each passing year.”

Kingsbrae Garden also features a dozen other sculptures as well as numerous benches throughout the provincial and national award-winning public garden, where one can sit and revel in splendid vistas and cosy garden areas; there are surprises at every turn.

Kingsbrae Garden is open daily, from 9 am to 6 pm, from mid-May to October 10, 2009. Visitors are fascinated by four engaging alpacas, with a baby cria on the way, pygmy goats, peacocks, and more. Also on site are a genuine functioning Dutch windmill (1/3 scale), cedar maze, ponds, streams, virgin Acadian forest and over 50,000 perennials, shrubs and trees in many themed gardens and collections. The Garden Gift Shop, Art Gallery and licensed Café are popular and the Plant Centre offers unusual perennials, shrubs & trees as well as pots and many garden accessories.

Kingsbrae has been consistently in the New Brunswick Top Ten Attractions, and is the 2008 recipient of Project Evergreen Canada’s “Because Green Matters” award for ecological excellence as well as being a Monarch way station and a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary. More comprehensive information: www.kingsbraegarden.com

Contact:

Maureen McIlwain, Marketing Director
Kingsbrae Garden
maureenATkingsbraegardenDOTcom
866-566-8687, ext 2 or (506) 529-9024

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Our 10th Anniversary $10,000 contest winners have been announced. Click here for full details!

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Scarecrow Contest Winners 2008 Announced! Click here to see the results.

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For your own garden, or that of a discerning friend, the Kingsbrae Garden Plant Centre offers unusual and hard-to find perennials, shrubs and trees, and a wide selection of high-quality annuals, as well as gardening tools & accessories. The Centre is located to the right as you enter our parking lot; an admission fee to the Garden is not required.