Cloud Gardens is an amazing urban park because it not only has park stuff, like grass, but it also has a conservatory. I have never been in the conservatory but I look forward to visiting it when it opens again in 2026, refreshed and all tropically like a cloud rainforest. I did frequent the park many times before the construction began and was always impressed by the amount of bike couriers that filled the site making it their social gathering site, that and the cool walls, waterfall and metal columns.
The park part is open now but the wall, waterfall and conservatory and still fenced off and under construction.
The City says that, "the Conservatory located on the east side of Cloud Gardens Park is closed until late 2026 due to planned restoration work. Stairs, ramps and terraces will remain closed until restoration work is completed. The Cloud Gardens Conservatory is like a tropical cloud forest nestled between the office towers of Toronto's busy downtown core. It sits on land given to the city in the 1980's when the Bay Adelaide Centre was constructed. Recognized with a Governor General's Architectural Award, it features elaborate award winning design and a monument to Toronto's construction workers."
The dry waterfall waits
The Cloud Gardens Conservatory sits on land given to the city in the 1980s when the Bay Adelaide Centre was constructed. The Conservatory was renovated in 2014 and re-opened in spring 2015 with a new climate control system and grow lights to address shading caused by newly built office towers. Improvements also include an improved misting system and a new monorail system to help maintain the mechanics and vertical wall gardens. Soil amendments and new plantings further help to simulate a Cloud Forest habitat.
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