Annual Fall Garden & Mum Show kicks off this weekend – with virtual viewing option

HAMILTON, ON - Beginning tomorrow, the City of Hamilton is hosting the sold-out annual Fall Garden & Mum Show at the Gage Park Greenhouse. This year, the City is also incorporating a virtual engagement option to allow residents to enjoy the Mum Show without attending in person.

The event runs daily until November 1, 2020 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. In-person visitors were required to reserve their tickets online in order to secure entry to the show. Masks or face coverings are required and public health guidelines will be in effect. There will be no interactive displays, cafe or family area this year.

The show is hosted with a limited capacity and anyone who was unable to reserve a timeslot or attend the event in person will have the opportunity to watch a virtual tour of the Fall Garden & Mum Show beginning next week on the City website.

For full details about the Fall Garden & Mum Show, or to watch the virtual tour, visit: www.hamilton.ca/mumshow

Quick facts:

• The Mum Show is an amazing floral display created by the City’s talented horticulture team which includes displays of over 200 varieties of chrysanthemums, and more than 100,000 blooms.
• This year’s theme pays tribute to frontline workers with constructed floral displays of an HSR bus, a Waste Collections truck, EMS vehicle and more.