The $25-million garden was a gift to the University of Alberta, and to Alberta, from His Highness the Aga Khan. It’s part of a network of 11 traditional Islamic gardens His Highness has built or restored around the globe. This is the most northerly Islamic garden in the world, and the largest in North America. The garden includes waterfalls, fountains, reflecting pools, and a series of formal gardens, all laid out along traditional Islamic geometric, rectilinear lines, a 250-seat outdoor Greco-Roman amphitheatre and 120 fruit trees.