A pastoral view of the fields, now fenced off to protect the property from wildlife.


This boardwalk allows visitors to explore the marshy area of the property.


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This historic eight-sided grain silo, built by George Pegg, was moved back onto the site in 2008.


he George Pegg Historic Garden, just north of Edmonton, takes visitors on a sentimental journey back to the 1920s. George Pegg was a botanist


and taxonomist, who collected and identified many of the native plants of west central Alberta. George lived with the company of his plants and books in the homestead that was his home for nearly 70 years, shunning any technology more advanced than a wood-burning stove. The Pegg family came to Alberta from Toronto in


1911, originally settling in Red Deer. After a crop fail- ure they moved again, finding an abandoned section of land in Glenevis, about 85 kilometres (an hour’s drive) northwest of Edmonton, just north of Highway 43. The family settled on their new homestead in 1913. Many of the original buildings on the 12.6-acre homestead are still intact and the property contains 284 native and exotic plant species.


A love of nature In visiting this garden it helps to leave the modern world


behind and enter the days of the 1920s, when travel was more difficult and conveniences such as paved roads did not exist, at least in rural Alberta. It was also a time when knowledge and information were not widely available. Bearing this in mind one can appreciate George Pegg’s accomplishments.


localgardener.net The recreated historical vegetable garden.


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