2025 Update! Learn About Our Awards & Recognition

2025 “Most Stunning Gardens To Visit Across Canada” – CBC 2024 Innovator of the Year Award Regional Finalist 2023 – Southwest Ontario Tourism Corporation 2023 Leadership Award – Garden Tourism Person(s) of The Year / Garden Diversity Innovation – International Garden Tourism Conference/Canadian Garden Council 2022 Festival of Fountains – The Night Gardens – Best New Event Nomination, FEO 2021 Six Favourite Showcase Gardens In Ontario – Toronto Star Mark & Ben Cullen Columnist 2019 Millstream Garden Award – North American Rock Garden Society 2017 Best Gardening Event of The Year “Whistling Gardens Peony Festival” Toronto Star, Sonia Day National Canadian Garden Columnist 2017 Canada 150 for 150 Awards Federal Medal Recipient – MP Diane Finley 2017 Recognized as 1 of 20 Canadians Shaping Our Future Gardens – Garden Making Magazine 2017 Canada 150 Garden Experience Designation – North American Garden Tourism Conference 2016 Best Botanical Gardens of The Year – Toronto Star, Sonia Day National Canadian Garden Columnist/Multi Award Winning Author Canada’s Best New Garden Experience – Canadian and International Garden Tourism Awards Sustainable Tourism Ambassador of The Year Award – Long Point World Biosphere Reserve Foundation in partnership with Norfolk County VOTED: Top 10 Amazing Places of Norfolk County Readers Choice Award: Best Local Tourist Attraction/Best Wedding Facility Featured Garden: Say Yes To The Dress Canada, WNetwork “Home to North America’s Largest Public Peony & Conifer Collections”