Montreal Botanical Garden, National historic botanical garden in Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie, Montreal, Canada.
Montreal Botanical Garden is a national historic site in Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie and home to more than 22,000 plant species arranged in themed zones and greenhouses. The grounds divide into outdoor gardens and climate-controlled pavilions that showcase vegetation from tropical, arid, and temperate regions.
Frère Marie-Victorin founded the institution in 1931 as a research center for botany and a public park. The main buildings were designed in Art Deco style and have been expanded over the decades with additional gardens and greenhouses.
The garden devotes themed areas to different traditions like the Chinese Scholar's Garden and the Japanese Zen Garden with quiet ponds and carefully placed stones. Visitors also find sections like the First Nations Garden, which displays native plants and explains their use by indigenous peoples.
The grounds offer wheelchair rental and guided tours for visitors who want to learn more about specific collections or individual regions. Spring and summer bring the most outdoor blooms, while greenhouses remain open year-round.
The greenhouses hold a collection of more than 3,000 orchid species, including rare forms from South America and Asia. In autumn, the Japanese garden becomes part of the Gardens of Light event, where thousands of handcrafted lanterns glow among the plants.
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