The K.C. Irving Environmental Science Centre & Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens is located on the campus of the beautiful Acadia University, one of Canada's finest schools. As a result of the hard work by the staff at the K.C. Irving Environmental Science Centre & Harriet Irving Botanical Gardens over 1000 native plants and endangered species
are described by interpretive signs.
The Science Centre and Botanical Gardens are spread out over 2 hectares (6 acres) and contain plants from nine habitants of the Acadian Forest Region. Nature trails and picnic areas are available in the summer and in the winter a glassed in garden provides a touch of summer.