Allan Gardens
Allan Gardens is a large urban park in downtown Toronto, and features the Allan Gardens indoor botanical garden with six greenhouses: a tropical house with orchids, bromeliads, begonia and gesneriads; a cool temperature house featuring camellias, jasmine and plants from Australia and the Mediterranean; a palm house dome with a collection of varied palms, bananas and tropical vines; a tropical landscape house with lush exotics such as cycads, gingers, hibiscus and a green jade vine; and an arid house with a large display of unusual cacti and succulents including collections of agave, opuntia, haworthia and aloe. This is a fantastic place to go in the depths of winter when craving some greenery and tropical climates, and to sketch and draw any time of the year.