Colasanti's Tropical Gardens

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</gallery>Colasanti's Tropical Gardens is a large tropical garden and petting zoo near Kingsville, Ontario. It has many attractions including a petting zoo almost entirely situated within greenhouses, an 18 hole indoor mini golf course, kiddie rides, arcade, Bounce Town, Sports store, Restaurant, "bounty of the county" fresh produce stand, Home Decor items, registered "Dept.56" items and many unique and household tropical plants. Set in a tropical atmosphere, Colasanti's restaurant has played host to many weddings, showers, birthdays, anniversarys, religious events and meetings. Famous for their broasted chicken, homemade donuts and apple cider, Colasanti's restaurant is known for top quality food.

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Colasanti Farms is a family-oriented place. Founded by Alex Colasanti, taken over by Joe Colasanti and now owned by Joe's son and daughter. This close-knit family of proprieters has helped the community benefit from its tourism potential, and is involved in many community activities. They take pride in supporting many youth sports teams (women's hockey, Lacrosse, jump rope, soccer, chess tournaments etc). The tropical gardens also hosts a wheelchair fundraiser, which raises money for children in need of wheelchairs. The wheelchair fund was founded by Joe Colasanti. Joe travels promoting the collection of pop tabs and aluminum, to help raise money for wheelchairs. In 1994, the Tropical Gardens made local headlines in the Windsor Star when Joe Colosanti began a fundraiser to help their adopted miniature pony, "Buttercup" get surgery she needed for her hooves. The public had responded positively and helped donate the money for the small horse. Colasanti's houses the Ruthven Apple Festival each year on its grounds. The festival occurs every last weekend of September. As well, the last two weekends in October, the Haunted Hayride occurs.

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Colasanti's is located in the community of Ruthven, in Kingsville, Ontario, at 1550 Road 3 East, Kingsville Ontario. Colasanti's serves as the eastern junction of the Chrysler Canada Greenway, which leads all the way to Windsor, Ontario. The Government of Ontario even has blue tourist signs posted along Highway 3 and Highway 401 to help guide people to the gardens, along with two massive billboards erected by the gardens's staff.

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  • [1] Colasanti official website


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