Fall tapestry
The beginning of fall colours--a Japanese maple set against other trees and grasses. Shot in an urban "park" I've recently discovered. It's a pretty much untended area off Joseph Howe Drive in Halifax. A marker plaque at the entrance notes that Andrew Downs established North America's first zoological garden north of Mexico here in 1847. For 20 years, the 100 acre park—with local and foreign animals and birds, exotic fauna, aquarium, museum and greenhouse—was a favourite place for Haligonians and visitors from further afield. The gardens were sold in 1868 when Downs moved to New York City to head up the zoo in Central Park.
For more information, see: cec.chebucto.org/ClosPark/Downs.html
Fall tapestry
The beginning of fall colours--a Japanese maple set against other trees and grasses. Shot in an urban "park" I've recently discovered. It's a pretty much untended area off Joseph Howe Drive in Halifax. A marker plaque at the entrance notes that Andrew Downs established North America's first zoological garden north of Mexico here in 1847. For 20 years, the 100 acre park—with local and foreign animals and birds, exotic fauna, aquarium, museum and greenhouse—was a favourite place for Haligonians and visitors from further afield. The gardens were sold in 1868 when Downs moved to New York City to head up the zoo in Central Park.
For more information, see: cec.chebucto.org/ClosPark/Downs.html