🌸 Strolling Through Halifax Public Gardens 🏰

🏰 A Victorian gem! The Halifax Public Gardens (est. 1867 📅—same year as Canada’s Confederation!) sit on Halifax Peninsula. Declared a national historic site in 1984. 🌳 Spanning 16 acres, it’s open May 1–Nov 1. Think: statues, flower beds, 3 fountains, 2 stone bridges, 3 ponds… and a bandstand 🎶 for free summer Sunday concerts! Canada Day festivities here are 🔥. 🦆 Fun fact: Feeding the ducks was once a thing… until it wasn’t. 🌀 Hurricane Juan wrecked the gardens in 2003—trees destroyed, redesign needed. Reopened Canada Day 2004. 💪 Surviving old-timers include a 1860s American elm! 🎉 History, beauty, resilience. #HalifaxGardens #NovaScotia #TravelGram 🌍🌸