Most Popular Park in Canada, Montreal Botanical Garden (Jardin Botanique)

Montreal Botanical Garden is a popular attraction spot for both residents and foreigner tourists of city of Quebec, Canada. It is located at 4101 Sherbrook Street East just a short subway drive from downtown Montreal, facing Montreal’s Olympic Stadium. This fame garden comprises 180 acres (nearly 75 hectares) of greenery, themed gardens, and green houses beauty. This huge park includes a 9 home golf course with public meeting spaces of 62 acres.

Spectacular View of Montreal Botanical Garden, Canada

These awesome gardens in Botanical Garden Montreal generally open to the public throughout the year and remain beautifully snow-covered between the months of November until about April.

Brother Marie-Victorin dreamed of a garden for tourists and people of Montreal. He was the founder of the Botanical Institute of the University of Montreal in 1920. His dream came in true in 1931, after much planning and lots of fund collections, he opened his dream garden. Brother Marie-Victorin was a religious man having keen interest in science and botany.  He hired people of Montreal’s to work for him and built garden. The architect Lucien F. Keroack designed Art Deco style administration building, while the grounds were designed by Henry Teuscher. Today the garden boasts more than 22000 plants in different varieties with 31 specialized segments which really amaze the visitors. This huge park has much more to surprise tourists.

Chinese Garden:

This garden is built in traditionally Chinese style. This outdoor garden is breathtaking and opened in 1991, inspired by the gardens of Min Dynasty. Due its reputation, it is one of the most popular of all the gardens in Montreal also the largest Chinese garden located outside of China itself. It created with plants, water, stones, and architecture beauty.

Japanese Garden:

Rose Garden

Another beauty of Montreal Boanical Garden complex is Japanese Garden opened in 1988. The traditional art of Japanese landscaping inspired garden contains the similar elements of stone, water, and plants found in Chinese garden. A pavilion welcomes the visitors which pays homage to Japanese culture and art.   

The Rose Garden, the First Nations Garden, the Alpine Garden, and the Leslie Hancock Garden are the other attractions in this huge park. While people who like to see bugs or want tasting insects this park doesn’t disappoint them, visit Insectarium, claiming world most beautiful insects. Durubg visit Jardin Botanique de Montreal it is possible to see some wildlife such as turtles, ducks, or a variety of birds.

The Rose Garden

Attraction in Montreal Botanical Garden Canana