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Description of  Old Man's Garden: The History and Lore of Southern Alberta Wildflowers

Originally published in 1954, Annora Browns Old Mans Garden is a Canadian classic that tells the story of Southern Albertas native plants and wildflowers through art and in consideration of Indigenous traditional knowledge from the region. Accompanying the new RMB edition of Old Mans Garden, Sidney Black of Fort Macleod, the Indigenous Anglican Bishop for Treaty 7, provides his own commentary about Annoras art and writing in relation to the Blackfoot, while independent art curator Mary-Beth Laviolette broadens the story about the artists contribution to Canadian art. Read more