MONTREAL BOTANICAL GARDEN
4101, Sherbrooke Est. 514 872-1400
www.ville.montreal.qc.ca/jardin/jardin.htm

The Montréal Botanical Garden is a garden for all seasons. Fall with its explosion of changing colours and winter with snow covering ground and branches, are definitely part of why it is considered one of the world’s loveliest botanical gardens. Founded in 1931 by Brother Marie-Victorin, it features ten exhibition greenhouses and some 30 outdoor gardens covering an area of 75 hectares. Set aside a day to take it all in—the woodland garden, the alpine garden, the Chinese Garden, which is the world’s largest outside of Asia, with seven ornate pavilions around the lake, and the serene Japanese Pavilion showcasing a magnificent collection of bonsai. You can also visit the Tree House to find out more about the arboretum’s unique collection of trees and shrubs. Worth a visit, whatever the season.

MONTREAL BIODÔME *
4777, Pierre-de-Coubertin. 514 868-3000

The Biodôme is a museum of natural science in which living collections of plants and animals are shown in natural settings. Four ecosystems are presented in the exhibit’s 10,000 square metres: the Tropical Rainforest, the Laurentian Forest, the St. Lawrence Marine Ecosystem, and the Polar World. A tribute to our living planet, the Biodôme is an environmental museum born of a unique scientific and technological concept. Its aim is to stimulate a greater awareness and appreciation of nature’s exceptional beauty, the complex factors that keep it in balance, and the crucial role we all play in its survival.