I've lived in Toronto for 10 years and yet like many I had never heard of Allan Gardens. Now that I've had my first visit I don't know how I missed it! The beautiful glass and cast iron "Palm House", built in 1910, is the centrepiece of the large five connected greenhouses. You can stroll along winding paths or have... More

oasis in downtown Toronto includes a park, is accessible from public transit, off Carlton Street, near Jarvis

Great to visit in the winter to walk through a warm conservatory. It has a bit from each climate zone.

Always a nice variety of flowers that change with the season - and well designed arrangements. Walking distance from the Eaton Centre so it is a nice way to relax for a short time between other activities.

Allan Gardens Conservatory is a relatively nice place to see plants indoors, in a park that borders on sketchy neighbourhoods. There is nothing dangerous about the place, or the general area, but the nicest thing about the Conservatory is that is so different from every else nearby.

Allan Gardens in the summer is beautiful when the gardens are green outside. But in winter, when you're feeling the blahs, you can stop in here (it's free) and see all the greenery and plants like cacti and flowers. A great place to go to see plants you normally would never see.

This is a nice place to explore if you are walking about in the area. The conservatory is a quite large with a variety of exotic plants and flowers to see. You can take some lovely photos in here.

Enjoyed taking photos, and marveling at all the interesting plants and the mix of habitat/rooms to see there. So cool it's free, we went at opening 10am on a Saturday and managed to park in the back, and the place wasn't too busy at all. I wasn't sure if tripods were allowed so I didn't bring one but next time... More

Take your camera and enjoy the warm tropical feeling. We usually spend up to 2 hours each visit and take hunderds of pictures !