International Peace Garden

From foggy Dion Lake to the sweeping symmetry of the International Peace Garden, the day unfolded as a journey across landscapes and ideas. I walked the length of the Formal Garden, lingered at the Promise of Peace sculpture, stood before steel from 9/11, and paused inside the Peace Chapel as a butterfly landed on Viktor Frankl’s words. Every detail—whether the floral flags of two nations or the water flowing along the border—was a reminder that peace, like the garden itself, must be tended constantly.