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| The primary flower for the garden is the tulip, which flourishes and blooms in early spring. It looks to me that the flower beds have recently been cleared of tulips and replanted with something else that hasn't had much of a chance to develop at the time these pictures were taken. |
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| THE INTERNATIONAL PEACE GARDEN Every spring, thousands of "Ottawa" tulips bloom in this International Peace Garden, first conceived and planted in 1990. The idea was born in Canada during the Second World War, when Canada's Capital offered sanctuary to a Dutch princess and her family. The bulbs for the Capital's massive displays of tulips were a post-war gift from Princess Juliana and the Dutch people. Since then, tulips have proliferated in Ottawa as a symbol of peace, freedom and international friendship. In 1990, the City of Ottawa and the Canadian Tulip Festival (an annual event that dates back to the post-war period) presented the United States with a "peace garden" to celebrate the world's longest undefended border. The dedication of that garden inspired the 1992 creation of the International Peace Garden Foundation — a charitable organization that promotes human rights and advances global friendship. The Foundation works with the Canadian Tulip Festival to coordinate the annual gift of a Peace Garden from country to country, with the latest participant choosing which country to honour next. |
