Parkwood Estate, Miniature Village, Life on Display, Floral Showhouse, 7145 Niagara Parkway, Niagara Falls, ON
Excerpt from thefabulousgarden.com:
“Life on Display” is perfectly scaled replicas of southern Ontario homes and businesses that used to grace the grounds of Cullen Gardens and Miniature Village in Oshawa, Ontario, until it closed down in 2006. The little buildings went into storage in Oshawa, and were eventually purchased by the Niagara Parks Commission, who only started to display some of the pieces publicly earlier this year.
Only a portion of the original village is on display, grouped into five areas. As you enter there are a few grand Victorian style homes on pillars (the platforms of which are festively decked with greenery and Christmas balls), then a wonderful whimsical treehouse area, an area set aside just for a replica of the Parkwood Estate, a now empty annual flower bed with several stately homes, and a little miniature lake that is surrounded by cottages.
The little lake scene was truly charming with a small train runs around the pond.
The annual flower bed features several large homes, elevated on bricks so that you can see them above the plants during spring/summer. It felt a little barren on a cold day in December.
The grand Victorian style homes set up on pillars were amazing for their authentic details, such as the patterns worked into the roof shingles on this home.
The miniature version of Oshawa’s Parkwood Estate was set up in a way that really conveyed how grand of an estate it was with the live exactly-to-scale shrubs and “trees” bordering the side of the home.
The tree house area was the most fanciful; an entire little world of nature-inspired homes!
Parkwood Estate, Miniature Village, Life on Display, Floral Showhouse, 7145 Niagara Parkway, Niagara Falls, ON
Excerpt from thefabulousgarden.com:
“Life on Display” is perfectly scaled replicas of southern Ontario homes and businesses that used to grace the grounds of Cullen Gardens and Miniature Village in Oshawa, Ontario, until it closed down in 2006. The little buildings went into storage in Oshawa, and were eventually purchased by the Niagara Parks Commission, who only started to display some of the pieces publicly earlier this year.
Only a portion of the original village is on display, grouped into five areas. As you enter there are a few grand Victorian style homes on pillars (the platforms of which are festively decked with greenery and Christmas balls), then a wonderful whimsical treehouse area, an area set aside just for a replica of the Parkwood Estate, a now empty annual flower bed with several stately homes, and a little miniature lake that is surrounded by cottages.
The little lake scene was truly charming with a small train runs around the pond.
The annual flower bed features several large homes, elevated on bricks so that you can see them above the plants during spring/summer. It felt a little barren on a cold day in December.
The grand Victorian style homes set up on pillars were amazing for their authentic details, such as the patterns worked into the roof shingles on this home.
The miniature version of Oshawa’s Parkwood Estate was set up in a way that really conveyed how grand of an estate it was with the live exactly-to-scale shrubs and “trees” bordering the side of the home.
The tree house area was the most fanciful; an entire little world of nature-inspired homes!