 Perennial
Garden
Perennial Garden is bursting with blooms throughout
the entire summer. Especially the fountains, pergolas, hedge-lined flower
beds graces this classical garden. Each bed contains a carefully arranged
variety of perennials, making it a treasure trove of ideas for home gardeners.
The perennials manage to survive the harsh winters and keep coming back
year after year. Only the cannas, gladiola, and dahlias are replanted every
spring, since their bulbs must be dug up and stored over the winter. This
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Reception
Garden
The sumptuous borders greet on both sides of the
pathways. This garden is laid out with flowers beds, composed in the style
of French gardens. In spring, tulips and other flowering bulbs make the
site a riot of colors. In summer, they give way to the warm colors of annual
plants. The forecourt is adorned with exotic trees normally found in warmer
climes; magnolias and tulip trees cannot grow any further north than Montréal |
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Alpine
Garden
Subalpine plants are from the Arctic, the mountains
of northeastern North America, the Rockies, the Alps, the Caucasus, the
Pyrenees, and the range of Eastern Europe and Asia.Alpine Garden displays
collections of ground covers and dwarf conifers and even a mineralogical
garden with rocks and minerals from all parts of Canada. This collection
was donated to the Botanical Garden after being displayed at the Canadian
Pavilion during Expo 1967. The plant collection also includes some specimens
of succulents and hardy cactuses that can survive in harsh climate. Finally,
this garden is graced by one of the oldest and largest trees in the Botanical
Garden, a silver maple that was already growing here when the Garden was
founded in 1931. This garden was first laid out in 1936; it was not actually
completed until some 25 years later, on July 15, 1962. Finally, further
work to revitalize the garden was carried out in 1981. |
Japanes
Garden
Water has a place of choice among the components
of a Japanese garden. It contributes to the expression of nature and symbolizes
renewal, calm, wonder, and Continuity. In a Sansui Japanese garden, that
is, one containing elevations, various degrees are provided so that water
can circulate. Water is found in many forms. It accumulates in the ponds,
runs in the streams, or tumbles in the cascades. The clear, circulating
water contributes to keep the air fresh throughout the summer. The ponds
and the cascades are given a precise orientation with respect to the sun
to determine how the water will reflect it. Some Japanese legends have
compared the hill to an emperor, water to courtiers and the stones to valiant
officers preventing the courtiers (the water) from intervening in the life
of the emperor.
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Tropical
Flowers | LK P-2 | LK P-3
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