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Second time coming here. The first time was in March and the weather was too cold for the outside gardens. We had an amazing time exploring the different plants and flowers indoors, as well as attending the "Butterflies Go Free" events, it was crowded (long line) but worth the wait. The butterflies were beautiful are released in the greenhouse and would sometimes land on your clothes.
Second visit was this past weekend (mid of July), we mainly visited the gardens outside and the Insectarium (which was closed for renovation the last time we came). It's rose season and it's absolutely gorgeous in the gardens, all types of flowers were blossoming. The gardens all have their little theme - Rose garden, Chinese garden, Japanese garden, Alphine garden, First nations garden. It's a great relaxing hike in the Arboretum area when not too hot and plenty of people relaxes on the grass next to the water and otherwise. It's quite stunning and you really could spend many hours here exploring the different types of flora and plants. The Insectarium is relatively small, but fun, I got to hold an insect resembling a leaf (harmless) while the staff taught us interesting facts. The beef hive (clear glass) was very interesting as well. They also have a wall calendar in the front lobby where they indicate the types of plants and flowers blossoming for each month.
A combination of ticket is offered with Insectarium, Biodome (also quite special) and the Olympic tower. Worth a visit with plenty to explore and re-explore.
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