The Montreal Botanical Garden is 185 acres, including some 22,000 plant species, 30 thematic gardens, and 10 greenhouses. Last Saturday, we saw pretty much everything outside - we'll leave the greenhouses for another day. It's an incredible place.
We happened upon a Taiko drum troupe performing at the Chinese garden - they played (in the full, hot sun) for 1/2 hr straight, and we were completely captivated!
There were bonsai gardens at the Chinese, Japanese, and North American gardens; some that were collected in the wild were as much as 300 years old. I've always been fascinated by bonsai, and plan to try growing one sometime.
We happened upon a Taiko drum troupe performing at the Chinese garden - they played (in the full, hot sun) for 1/2 hr straight, and we were completely captivated!
There were bonsai gardens at the Chinese, Japanese, and North American gardens; some that were collected in the wild were as much as 300 years old. I've always been fascinated by bonsai, and plan to try growing one sometime.
Apparently the Chinese garden captivated me most, because most of my photos are from there!
The Alpine gardens had some fascinating features, like this garden built from slabs of stone set on edge, which provides sheltered spaces for delicate alpine plants. The effect was beautiful!
Some crazy art pieces set out in the meadows.
Last Sunday we went to the Jean-Talon market. We were left speechless at the vastness and variety. Just when we thought we'd seen it all, we'd stumble into another corner of the market, and find a fresh herb nursery, or a lovely bakery, or a 'health food' store that carries a couple of our staples, like Kikoman soy sauce, or Que Pasa tortilla chips - never would have thought to look in an organic store for those!
Tempting though it was, we limited ourselves to just a little more than we could comfortably carry. We will be back.
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MMmmmmm cherry tomatoes.
Sheri-Lee
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