Swing Through

Swing Through

Swing Through 20m Swing Through is an interactive agility garden that connects the user to Canada’s diverse landscape, as well as its major economic industry. The garden is a series of thirteen finished lumber posts that dangle from a large steel structure, creating “tree swings”. On the swings are climbing holds where visitors can use the holds to climb up and across the tree swings. Directly under the tree swings are thirteen colour-coordinated stumps that give the user an extra boost, if needed. The thirteen timber tree swings represent Canada’s ten provinces and three territories by using wood from the official provincial and territorial trees. Surrounding this structure of Canadian trees is a garden divided into thirteen sections displaying the native plants of each province and territory. This representative regional plantings encompassing the swings, creating a soft edge. 10m Swing Through allows visitors to touch, smell, and play with the various YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NL NB PE NS natural elements that make our country so green, prosperous and beautiful. PLAN | 1:75 Yukon Nunavut Alberta Manitoba Quebec New Brunswick Nova Scotia Tree: Subapline fir, Abies lasiocarpa Tree: Balsam Poplar, Populus balsamifera Tree: Lodgepole pine, Pinus contorta Tree: Balsam fir, Abies balsamea Tree: Yellow birch, Betula alleghaniensis Tree: Balsam fir, Abies balsamea Tree: Red spruce, Picea rubens Plants: Epilobium angustifolium, Plants: Saxifraga oppositifolia, Rubus Plants: Rosa acicularis Prunus virginiana, Plants: Pulsatilla ludoviciana, Panicum Plants: Iris versicolor, Oenothera biennis, Plants: Viola palmata, Lilium canadense, Plants: Epigaea repens, Aster novae- Matteucia struthriopteris, Arctostaphylos chamaemorus, Vaccinium vitis-idaea Thermopsis rhombifolia virgatum, Agrostis scabra Maianthemum racemosum Typha latifolia angliae, Lobelia Cardinalis uva-ursi Northwest Territories British Columbia Saskatchewan Ontario Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island Tree: Tamarack larch, Larix laricina Tree: Western red cedar, Thuja plicata Tree: White birch, Betula papyrifera Tree: Eastern white pine, Pinus strobus Tree: Black spruce, Picea mariana Tree: Red oak, Quercus rubra Plants: Dryas octopetala, Lupinus Plants: Cornus canadensis, Syringa Plants: Lilium philadelphicum,Achillea Plants: Trillium grandiflorum, Plants: Sarracenia purpurea, piraea alba Plants: Cypripedium acaule, Trientalis arcticus, Mentha arvensis vulgaris, Clintonia uniflora millefolium, Artemisia cana Parthenocissus inserta, Pteridium var. latifolia, ragaria vesca borealis, Arisaema triphyllum latiusculum Swing Through 0.4m 0.4m 1.8m 3.5m 5m 10m 5m 0.66m o.c 0.2m 0.6m 0.4m 0.3m.

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