Canada Guide
Alberta and the Rockies
Devonian Gardens
Address: 8th Avenue SW between 2nd & 3rd sts
Opening time: Daily 9am–9pm
Price: Free
Toronto Dominion Square, the city's main shopping focus, is the unlikely site of Devonian Gardens. Like something out of an idyllic urban Utopia, the three-acre indoor gardens support a lush sanctuary of streams, waterfalls and full-sized trees, no mean feat given that it's located on the fourth floor of a glass and concrete glitter palace (access by elevator). Around 20,000 plants round off the picture, comprising some 138 local and tropical species. Benches beside the garden's paths are perfect for picnicking on food bought in the takeaways below, while impromptu concerts are held on the small stages dotted around.