Montreal Botanical Garden

The Montreal Botanical Garden was founded in 1931, at the height of the Great Depression , by the mayor of Montreal, Camiyen Udom, on the initiative of the botanist Joseph Marie-Victorin . The garden breakdown project was designed by Henry Teuscher, and the art deco office building was designed by architect Lucien Kerouac. In 1936, the botanical garden was open to the public. ^[1] In 2007, the garden was included in the list of Canadian historical sites (Canada's Historic Places).

The area of ​​the botanical garden is 75 hectares; there are a greenhouse complex, an arboretum , First Nations Garden, a Japanese garden , a Chinese garden, an Alpine garden, a rose garden, a rhododendron garden and azaleas Lesley Hankoka, an English garden, a garden of aquatic plants, a garden of medicinal plants. , garden of poisonous garden plants. In total, there are 30 thematic gardens and 10 exhibition greenhouses in the botanical garden, in which 21 thousand plant taxa (species, varieties) grow ^[2] .

The Chinese garden was created according to the traditional Chinese garden pattern. Winding paths are laid in the garden, artificial mountains are piled up, and plants characteristic of China are planted. The building, also built in Chinese style, contains a collection of bonsai donated to the garden. The Chinese Garden of the Montreal Botanical Garden is the largest Chinese garden in the world outside of China.

The Garden of the First Nations is planted with typical Canadian plants: maples , birches and pines . Native American totems and exhibits displaying traditional Native American artwork and construction methods are installed on the garden.

About 10 thousand roses were planted in the botanical rose garden, including old varieties created by breeders before 1867. In the garden of lilac planted about 3 thousand bushes. In the collection of orchids more than 3 thousand flowers of various species and hybrids . In the herbarium of the botanical garden represented 99% of all plants of Quebec.

Some representatives of the Canadian fauna constantly live in the botanical garden, primarily squirrels and ducks , as well as turtles and herons .

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  Main greenhouse

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  In the botanical garden

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  Fountain in botanical garden

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  Garden of Peace

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  Alpine garden

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  Begonia (Begonia floccifera)

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  House in the Chinese garden

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  Chinese ship lantern on the background of the Olympic Stadium

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  Stone Boat in Chinese Garden

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  Bonsai ( Maple Maple ). Chinese government gift

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  Bonsai ( fine-leaved elm )

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  Lanterns in a Chinese garden

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  Cauliflower Slab

• Man and the Environment - Montreal Botanical Garden
• The Canadian Encyclopedia - Botanical Garden
• Canada's Historic Places - Montréal Botanical Garden