29 01, 2020

Opening January 31 at Edmonton’s Borealis Gallery, Located in the Alberta Legislative Assembly Visitor Centre

2020-01-29T11:43:33-05:00January 29th, 2020|articles, Press Release|

An Innovative, Multi-Sensorial Exhibition Exploring Human Nature in the Landscape of War through Floriography, Sculpture and Scent. During the First World War (1914-18) Canadian soldier Lieutenant-Colonel George Stephen Cantlie picked flowers from the fields and gardens of war-torn Europe, pressing and drying them within a book. Every day, he sent one flower home, along with a short, affectionate note to one of his children, including his one-year-old baby daughter Celia in Montreal, so that, as she grew up, she would have something to remember him by in the event he didn’t survive that terrible war.

6 11, 2018

Centenaire de 14-18 : “Fleurs d’armes”, une exposition émouvante pour commémorer la Grande Guerre (In French)

2018-11-13T14:54:43-05:00November 6th, 2018|Press Release|

C’est l’histoire d’un père, parti sur le front lors de la Première Guerre mondiale, qui envoie des fleurs séchées à sa toute petite fille pour qu'elle ne l'oublie pas. Voilà ce que raconte l'exposition « [...]

29 06, 2017

WAR Flowers: A Touring Art Exhibition – Now Open at Reford Gardens, and Running Until September 30 2017

2017-06-29T14:26:55-04:00June 29th, 2017|Press Release|

Les Jardins de Métis / Reford Gardens Presents an Innovative Exhibition that Illuminates Aspects of Human Nature in the Landscape of War “WAR Flowers” Will Subsequently Travel to Ottawa, Toronto, Vimy and Montreal Click Here [...]

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