International Peace Garden, Botanical garden at Manitoba and North Dakota border, United States and Canada.
Description
The International Peace Garden is a large botanical garden in Manitoba and North Dakota that stretches across both sides of the Canadian-American border. The site includes themed flower plots, walking paths, scenic roads for driving, and an educational center with exhibits about natural and diplomatic history.
History
Delegations from both nations planted trees together during the founding ceremony in 1932, following the end of World War I. Construction of monuments, pavilions and recreation facilities followed in the decades after to honor the diplomatic partnership.
Culture
The name reflects the unusual situation of a site that sits in two countries, with paths, flowerbeds and monuments laid out without visible borders. Visitors often notice how vegetation from both sides blends together and people from both nations use the same trails without any checkpoints inside.
Practical
Anyone wishing to leave the grounds must present a passport or other official documents, since exiting in either direction means entering another country. Inside the site you can move around freely without passing through any controls.
Did you know?
A floral clock roughly 18 feet across (about 5.5 meters) tells time with hands moving among 150,000 freshly planted blooms each season. Fragments of the destroyed Twin Towers from New York were placed here in a memorial area.
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