Parc Marie-Victorin, Botanical garden in Kingsey Falls, Canada.
Parc Marie-Victorin is a botanical garden in Kingsey Falls featuring six distinct themed garden sections with over 60,000 annual plants, rare conifers, and mosaicultures. The layout combines open green spaces with focused plant collections to create a varied visit.
The project began with Normand Boisvert, president of the Kingsey Falls Lions Club, to mark the 1985 centenary of the birth of Conrad Kirouac, known as Frère Marie-Victorin (1885–1944), a Kingsey Falls-born botanist and the first francophone admitted to the Royal Society of Canada. Volunteers started work along the Nicolet River in 1982; the first trees went in in 1984 and the park was officially inaugurated in August 1984. It grew from 3 to 29 acres in 2010 and to 102 acres in 2020.
The seventh themed garden, Mystérieuses carnivores, opened in 2024 and features native carnivorous plants such as the purple pitcher plant, a favourite of Frère Marie-Victorin, alongside tropical species. The garden's mission is to spark curiosity about biodiversity through wonder, and its educational laboratory holds herbaria and displays on Marie-Victorin's life.
The garden features accessible pathways throughout and free parking for visitors. An on-site restaurant and picnic areas provide dining options, and a boutique sells local products including plant-based cosmetics.
Large outdoor modules display how carnivorous plants catch prey through interactive exhibits that reveal surprising mechanical details. A museum section unexpectedly connects these plants to their portrayal in film and television.
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