Here’s a city bus tour of a different kind: every Saturday morning throughout the season, the Garden Promenade bus takes visitors to Ottawa/Gatineau on a freewheeling floral trip that highlights the cities’ 50 gardens. Yes, 50 gardens! Surely that makes the National Capital Region the Garden Capital of Canada. Travelling through city neighbourhoods (including Sussex Drive’s … [Read more...] about Travel the Garden Promenade in Ottawa/Gatineau
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MosaïCulture Gatineau 2018: A Magnificent Journey
On May 29, 2018 — the day of the Flower Moon — MosaïCulture Gatineau opened its gates in Jacques Cartier Park for the second year in a row. A monumental fete that brings together sculpture, horticulture and leading-edge engineering, MosaïCulture was mounted in Gatineau, Quebec, in 2017 for Canada’s 150th. So popular was the exhibition that 30,000 people petitioned to bring it … [Read more...] about MosaïCulture Gatineau 2018: A Magnificent Journey
Biking to visit Quebec City gardens
If you’ve ever huffed and puffed your way up the steep incline from Quebec City’s Old Port to the upper city, you might be forgiven for saying, “Non!” to exploring its gardens by bike. But you’d be missing one of the best ways to visit the Quebec City gardens is by biking the riverside park and garden trails. One of the main bicycle trails flanks the level shores of the … [Read more...] about Biking to visit Quebec City gardens
All about plants at Roger Van den Hende Botanical Garden
Plant nerd alert: this garden is for you! Sure, the Roger Van den Hende garden in Quebec is beautiful, even on a drizzly day like the one when I visited, guided by the incredibly knowledgeable Blanche Dansereau, Adjunct, Emeritus Professor at Laval University’s Faculty of Agriculture and Food. Waterproof notebook and camera in hand, I followed Professor Dansereau to our … [Read more...] about All about plants at Roger Van den Hende Botanical Garden
Mosaïcultures is a hit at Montreal Botanical Garden
No matter what the season, there’s always something happening at the Montreal Botanical Garden. I’ve been in November when frost rimmed the sparkling leaves of the last of the season’s perennials; I’ve visited in early May when tulips were blooming their faces off and an astonishing number of yellow magnolias flowered against a clear blue sky. In summer 2013, during … [Read more...] about Mosaïcultures is a hit at Montreal Botanical Garden