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Excursion

The excursion will take place in two parts – first a lunch on campus, and then we will bus folks to and from the first location.

• First up: A trip to the Royal Botanical Gardens, Canada’s largest (over 2400 acres) garden and nature sanctuary. RBG has multiple gardens and properties to explore – including the Rock Garden and Hendrie Park and the Rose Garden – which include beautiful blooms of all varieties, cafés, restaurants, and water features. RBG is a beautiful, peaceful retreat to appreciate nature and our relationship to it.
  • Depart McMaster: 13:20
  • Arrival at RBG Central: 13:45
  • Departure for the Rock Garden: 15:15
  • Arrival at Rock Garden: 15:25
  • Departure for Collective Arts: 16:30
• Second: A tour and tasting at Collective Arts, a Hamilton institution that firmly believes in “Drinking Creatively.” Collective Arts is a brewery that makes beer, cider, cocktails, spirits, and energy / wellness drinks. They also host a beer garden in the summer. At this excursion, you will get a tour behind the scenes to see where the magic happens and will get to try some of their creations – a great combination of education and entertainment.
  • The tour/tasting is approximately 60 minutes. Note that there is a beer garden/trivia which is scheduled to start there at 19:00 and that you can easily access downtown, restaurants, etc. from Collective Arts.

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Restaurants & Cafés

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Points of interest

If you’ve got some extra time while in Hamilton, here are some interesting things you might wish to check out: 

Shopping: Locke Street (also lots of restaurants here)
Dundurn Castle
Waterfalls (Nature hike)
Royal Botanical Gardens
Art Gallery of Hamilton

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