“If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden,” wrote author Frances Hodgson Burnett in 1911. But if you look at the 2020 readers’ survey, you can see a garden—the Halifax Public Gardens—that became our whole world. Here, in the midst of fear and uncertainty, was someplace free, someplace safe (thanks to it being outdoors) and someplace beautiful. We watched baby ducklings grow and took endless photos of the garden’s blooms. We realized that this, the city’s backyard, was the spot we needed all along.
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The Coast is back with the 26th annual Best Of Halifax readers’ survey results
Special for this pandemic year, the theme is reasons we love the city.
We love that Halifax’s library loves us back
Shannon Hansen has Best-of-Halifax moments at the library every day.
We love how the Trellis Collective brings pedal power to the pandemic
Mohammad Aljenadi is giving new life to 100+ bikes and a group of bike mechanics.
We love the frontline healthcare workers taking on the pandemic
Janvier Korongo was the first volunteer for disinfection duty: “They thought I was joking.”
We love how Halifax answers the door with a smile
Nothing makes a socially-distanced day like an ice cold beer delivery.
We love that Halifax came together in grief
How a tea party honoured Halifax’s African Nova Scotian matriarchs in the time of coronavirus.
How to bring the party home
Local DJs helped us bust a move—and lift our mood—when we needed it most.
This article appears in Nov 1-30, 2020.
