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Rascacielo said:
Does anyone know when the purple wisteria flowers will start appearing from the time of planting? Will they make an appearance next spring?
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Looks like they've planted white wisteria, so no purple here. It's also likely we won't see flowers for a while, it can take several years after planting for them to flower. The plant itself grows quite rapidly though, so I imagine it will start to fill in nicely by the end of summer.

edit: @Northern Light beat me to it.
 
unrealestate said:
i really think they should put a fountain in there. ive noticed the park is pretty sparsely populated a lot of the time. people love fountains
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Only catering to the preferences of 1 group of people is rarely a good idea. People who like ponds are to go where?
 
Ponds only really exist in this city on very rainy days... >.<
 
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UtakataNoAnnex said:
Ponds only really exist in this city on very rainy days... >.<
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- A pond, that you can find every day of the year, tucked just behind the Ontario Science Centre:

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Credit Todd Tyrtle; source: https://zirk.us/@toddtyrtle/109995411097492921

Or one in more urban setting...........with a fountain for @junctionist

Woodbine Park in the Beaches:

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Photo Credit: City of Toronto; source: https://beachmetro.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/WoodbineParkFountain.jpg
 
Northern Light said:
- A pond, that you can find every day of the year, tucked just behind the Ontario Science Centre:

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Credit Todd Tyrtle; source: https://zirk.us/@toddtyrtle/109995411097492921

Or one in more urban setting...........with a fountain for @junctionist

Woodbine Park in the Beaches:

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Photo Credit: City of Toronto; source: https://beachmetro.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/WoodbineParkFountain.jpg
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We should do that in the lake proper - a la Jet d'Eau in Geneva. Maybe directly along the Foot of Yonge. I am sure PortsTO or whatever will have a coronary over these kinds of suggestions.

AoD
 
AlvinofDiaspar said:
We should do that in the lake proper - a la Jet d'Eau in Geneva. Maybe directly along the Foot of Yonge. I am sure PortsTO or whatever will have a coronary over these kinds of suggestions.

AoD
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AoD being a well traveled soul has made a fine reference above...........but not everyone will get it..............so, for those folks Jet d'Eau:

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And

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Both credit to and sourced from: https://houseofswitzerland.org/swissstories/history/story-genevas-jet-deau

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Now for the reason Ports Toronto, among others, might get a coronary:

www.bbc.com

Jet d'Eau: Man hurt after mounting Geneva's giant fountain

The man was thrown into the air and fell onto concrete after trying to "hug" the Jet d'Eau on Lake Geneva.
www.bbc.com www.bbc.com

From the above:

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AlvinofDiaspar said:
We should do that in the lake proper - a la Jet d'Eau in Geneva. Maybe directly along the Foot of Yonge. I am sure PortsTO or whatever will have a coronary over these kinds of suggestions.

AoD
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No no, we need full on Fountains of Bellagio. I'm talking thousands of individually lit fountains dancing to music across the entire harbour. Who needs the island ferry or the airport anyway?

Sidenote here, if Toronto had won the Olympic bid for 2008, we may have actually seen this kind of thing in what is now the new outlet of the Don, and had rowing in the shipping channel.
 
Northern Light said:
AoD being a well traveled soul has made a fine reference above...........but not everyone will get it..............so, for those folks Jet d'Eau:

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And

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Both credit to and sourced from: https://houseofswitzerland.org/swissstories/history/story-genevas-jet-deau

*****

Now for the reason Ports Toronto, among others, might get a coronary:

www.bbc.com

Jet d'Eau: Man hurt after mounting Geneva's giant fountain

The man was thrown into the air and fell onto concrete after trying to "hug" the Jet d'Eau on Lake Geneva.
www.bbc.com www.bbc.com

From the above:

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Surprised you folks didn't use an example closer to home...

www.ptbocanada.com

How It Works: Centennial Fountain — PtboCanada

UPDATE: We were at Little Lake on Friday, May 17th, when Centennial Fountain kicked on for the season. Daryl Stevenson, Supervisor of Wastewater Treatment at City of Peterborough, explained to us how it works. Watch this video below produced by StudioPTBO …
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Northern Light said:
AoD being a well traveled soul has made a fine reference above...........but not everyone will get it..............so, for those folks Jet d'Eau:

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And

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Both credit to and sourced from: https://houseofswitzerland.org/swissstories/history/story-genevas-jet-deau

*****

Now for the reason Ports Toronto, among others, might get a coronary:

www.bbc.com

Jet d'Eau: Man hurt after mounting Geneva's giant fountain

The man was thrown into the air and fell onto concrete after trying to "hug" the Jet d'Eau on Lake Geneva.
www.bbc.com www.bbc.com

From the above:

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The Centennial Fountain in Peterborough was inspired by the original in Geneva.
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https://www.thestar.com/autos/a-wee...cle_4dc1671a-e5c5-51bd-be4c-df7e7dd80ffa.html
 
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