In the late 1800s, it was common for railway companies to plant formal gardens beside their stations. These gardens were filled with trees, shrubs, flowers, and fruit trees. Sometimes they also featured a kitchen garden growing lettuce, carrots, corn, and potatoes. Estevan’s Canadian Pacific Railway Garden was once located where Mid-City Plumbing and Heating is today. The purpose of these gardens was to show what the land could produce. After hours and sometimes days of riding across the featureless prairies, the railways wanted to show settlers the potential of their new home. The gardens showed what was possible and they encouraged the settlers to transform th...