Leaf Garden
Commission details
Urban park designed as a botanical overlay on the city’s grid. Laser-cut granite segments recreate leaf cell structures in exact match with design drawing. Leaf edges designed as seating walls. Adjoining downtown “Y”. Children’s water feature mists and sprays poem in Morse code sequences. Stem-and-leaf inlaid granite path links North park to Bay Street. Surface area north and south parks, walkway: 4,287 m² (5,127.2 yd²) Landscape Architects: Fleisher Ridout Partnership Inc., Toronto. Project Manager: Bob Duguid, Parks, Forestry and Recreation, Toronto. Commissioned by East of Bay Development Corporation in cooperation with City of Toronto.
- The Opera Place Park
- Toronto (East of Bay / South of Wellesley)
- Awarded 1998
- Phase 1: Completion south park (2003) north park design (2005)
- Phase 2: North park (in progress)
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Leaf Garden, 2003. South park 2,259 m² (2,702 yd2)
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Leaf Garden, 2003. Drawing.
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Leaf Garden, 2003. Detail: South park. Summer 2004.
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Leaf Garden, 2003. Detail: South park. Summer 2004.
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Leaf Garden, 2003. South park. Fall 2004.
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Leaf Garden, 2003. South park. Winter 2004.
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Leaf Garden,2005. Detail: Granite inlay.
Walkway 605 m2 (6,512 ft2)