Allan Gardens: Toronto’s Timeless Greenhouse of Wonders
Step into Toronto’s Allan Gardens, a 150-year-old glasshouse filled with exotic plants, seasonal flower shows, and a peaceful escape from downtown bustle.
Step into Toronto’s Allan Gardens, a 150-year-old glasshouse filled with exotic plants, seasonal flower shows, and a peaceful escape from downtown bustle.
Today, we venture into a completely hidden intellectual community existing in plain sight in one of Toronto's most popular parks.
Every morning at Christie Pits, 73-year-old Angelo Bianchi unlocks a shed and tends to Toronto’s oldest baseball diamond, a field that survives only because volunteers and neighbors refuse to let it vanish.
Meet the stubborn families who refuse to sell out in Kensington Market - third-generation spice merchants, fabric wizards, and cheese whisperers fighting gentrification with grit, tradition, and 200-square-foot dreams. Their disappearance would kill Toronto's soul.