Garden of Native
Prairie Plants

The Lethbridge & District Horticultural Society [LDHS] began planting the garden containing over 40 species of native plants in September 2008 to be ready for its 2009 Centennial Celebration.

Designed by Lethbridge-based horticulturalist June Flanagan, it is appealing in all four seasons and features:

• a variety of wildflowers, grasses and woody plants
• attractive flowers through the growing season
• autumn leaf colour, seed heads, fruit, and interesting bark

The plants are placed similar to how they would grow in the river valley: shade tolerant species on the slope against the north wall of the museum, the most drought tolerant species on the steep, southwest-facing slope.

Galt volunteers collect, clean and package the seeds, and they are available in the Galt Museum Store!

pdf | 3 MB		Ethnobotany of the Plants in the Garden of Native Prairie Plants
		Ethnobotany of the Plants in the Garden of Native Prairie Plants, 2012, by Penny Dodd
This 75-page book, free for downloading, describes the plants in the garden, along with their uses by First Nations people. It is designed for double-sided printing. It is also available for perusal at the Galt Museum.

Native Prairie Plants Garden Seeds $4.95/pkg
Do you love wildflowers? Alberta PlantWatch is looking for volunteer observers as 'eyes of science' to report on blooming times for spring plants. This information is very useful to understand how climate warming is affecting our province, as spring plants develop in response to winter/ spring temperatures. It can also give you the best times to plant garden seeds, go fishing, hiking, or even take a holiday to avoid spring allergies! Please join Alberta PlantWatch.
pdf | 256 KB		Planting Instructions
pdf | 163 KB		Garden Brochure
pdf | 12 KB		Garden Backgrounder
June Flanagan on Farm TV
LDHS: 403.381-7153
Project Partner: Alberta Native Plant Council

A life-size bronze statue of a Galt School of Nursing [GSN] Graduate commissioned from local sculptor Don Toney is the centre-piece of this garden, Phase One of our south garden improvements.

The statue is surrounded by engraved bricks sponsored by Galt Babies, GSN graduates, friends and supporters of the Galt, and is situated in front of the remaining 1891 Galt Hospital brick wall.

Roses, peonies, and other flowers and shrubbery reminiscent of early 20th Century gardens make this a wonderful, contemplative space.

South Garden

Improvements to our South Garden have been made possible by the community [through annual giving requests, facility rentals, Store proceeds and special events]; and with input into our preliminary plans [spring 2011]:

The comments were incorporated into a final plan. Paving took place in the late fall of 2011, and planting was completed in the spring of 2012, in time for our grand opening on MAY 31! Here are the results:

Stay tuned for the next Phase commencing in 2013.