Québec Corner

Outdoor garden

Onglets

Description

The Quebec Corner is a look at the maple-hickory forest, a small pocket of a forest environment typical of the Montréal region. It presents some examples of the local native flora.

The banks of a pond and a small stream are planted with some representative specimens from the wetlands around Montréal Island. Among the species found there is the blue flag iris (Iris versicolor), the floral emblem of Quebec.

This maple stand, with its many spring-flowering species, becomes a welcome refuge from the heat in summer and an excellent place to watch the birds that come to drink and to feast on fruit and insects.

The Québec Corner is adjacent to the Monastery Garden, the Medicinal Plants Garden and the Toxic Plants Garden.

Created

Early 1940s

Taxa

nearly 70

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History

Originally dedicated to plants used by the First Nations, this garden was created in the early 1940s and became the Québec Corner in the early 1970s. At one time, it contained a tent, a fire pit and a wooden palisade. The remains of the palisade (visible in winter) are all that is left of the original garden.

Did you know?

The Québec Corner contains a few species that are threatened in southern Quebec, including mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) and the cork elm (Ulmus thomasii).

Best time to visit

Spring until fall

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Onglets

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