If you count the Islands and the ins and outs of inlets and bays, Toronto’s Lake Ontario shoreline stretches for an astonishing 138 km, according to the City. Long stretches of it in the eastern and western beaches, as well as on the Toronto Islands, are lined with boardwalks. And, occasionally, boardwalks even show up in gardens. You’d think there’d be more, wouldn’t you? These two were in gardens at the Toronto Islands garden tour in May 2013. What do you think of them?

Used boardwalk planking makes interesting paving material in another garden on the Islands