The Leaf is a new attraction in the heart of Assiniboine Park that allows people to enjoy walking amongst flowers, bushes, and trees from other areas of the world. There are two main biomes, tropical and mediteranean, as well as a seasonal exhibit that changes every few months. On the top floor, there is also a butterfly garden where you can sit and watch the butterflies as they fly about and land on flowers. There is also a restaurant, Starbucks, gift shop, and classroom that visitors can enjoy.while they're here.
From their website:
Explore the Leaf
Journey through four distinct worlds inside The Leaf. Find yourself in a vibrant display surrounded by colour, texture, and fragrance. Make friends with gentle butterflies, breathe in the aromas of the Mediterranean, and find winter respite in a tropical oasis. End your day at our warm and welcoming restaurant, savouring cuisine that celebrates the harvest of each season and incorporates flavours from around the globe that you’ll want to relive again and again.
This geoacache will take you inside this beautiful building and allow you to explore and engage with what The Leaf has to offer. Please check the visiting hours before attempting as this cache requires entering the biomes.
Here are the logging requirements:
1. In the two biomes, there are 11 information stands highlighting a specific plant and someone's story in relation to that plant. What are the names of those 11 plants?
2. Match the plants to the correct name:
Plant word bank: Rosemary, Screw Pine, Sacred Bo Tree, Dwarf Italian Cypress, Purple Heart, Woolly Bush, Australian Fan Palm, Nerve Plant, Date Palm, Dumb Cane
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3. There is a welcome sign in each biome. In how many languages is welcome written between the two signs?
4. Take a photo with yourself or something distinctive of yours with the waterfall in the background.
Please send your answers to my account before logging
Virtual Rewards 3.0 - 2022-2023
This Virtual Cache is part of a limited release of Virtuals created between March 1, 2022 and March 1, 2023. Only 4,000 cache owners were given the opportunity to hide a Virtual Cache. Learn more about Virtual Rewards 3.0 on the Geocaching Blog.