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Not to be missed at the Jardin botanique
National day for Truth and Reconciliation
Frisson l’écureuil et la course aux bonbons
Magic Steps Circuit
The Sorcerer’s haven

Gardens of Light 2023

Gardens of Light 2023

It's squash season!

Butternut squash soup

Squash recipes

Pura vida lasagna with sun-dried tomato sauce, autumn soup, pumpkin muffins … Fall draws us back to the kitchen to discover the many delicious and colourful varieties of squash, each more surprising in shape than the next.
Cucurbita pepo 'Baby Bear'

Roast your pumpkin seeds

Here's how to roast pumpkin seeds. How to do it for seeds with husks and for seeds without husks, such as for the kakai pumpkin, which seeds are green. Enjoy!

How do I protect pollinators and biodiversity at home?

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My Space for Life Garden

The My Garden Space for Life program encourages you to garden in an environmentally friendly way to preserve biodiversity and encourage pollinators.

Gardens and greenhouses

On its 75 hectares, the Jardin botanique de Montréal presents a remarkably diverse array of plants to visitors in all season. Explore its beauty through some twenty outdoor gardens and its 10 exhibition greenhouses. Learn more...
Anthurium veitchii.

Greenhouses collections

Don't miss our collections of approximately 3,000 specimens in our nine thematic greenhouses: penjing, orchids, cacti...
Chinese garden

Cultural Gardens

Chinese Garden, Japanese Garden and First Nations Garden: take the detour and learn more about different cultures.
Tree House

The Frédéric Back Tree Pavilion

Through its outreach activities the Frédéric Back Tree Pavilion makes people aware of the roles played by trees.
Dahlia sp.

Blooms of the week

What is currently blooming at the Botanical Garden? What are the must-sees? Check out the blooms of the week to find out!

Everything you want to know

Tomatoes.

The Green Pages

Are you passionate about gardening and horticulture? Find a wealth of information in the Green Pages.
Plantation

Gardening calendar

The best friend you need for your gardening! Never miss the season's key moments.

Jardin botanique Library

With collections including more than 25,000 books, 100 multimedia documents, 300 videos, 32,000 brochures, 55,000 volumes of periodicals and 500 current periodical titles, ours is one of the largest horticulture, botany and landscaping documentation centres in Canada. Learn more...