Montreal Botanical Garden and Space for Life
MontréAl Botanical Garden National Historic Site / Space For Life (City Of MontréAl) · Montreal, Quebec
One of the largest botanical gardens in the world, founded in 1931 by the botanist Brother Marie-Victorin on about 75 hectares in Montreal's east end, ⚠ AND A NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE. It holds around ten exhibition greenhouses and some twenty themed gardens, among them a Chinese Garden built with craftsmen from Shanghai, a Japanese Garden with a bonsai collection, a First Nations Garden, a large rose garden and an arboretum. Every autumn the Gardens of Light festival fills the Chinese Garden with glowing lanterns after dark. The garden is part of Space for Life, with the Insectarium on its grounds and the Biodôme and Planetarium across the street beside the 1976 Olympic Stadium and its leaning tower. ⚠ THE OLYMPIC STADIUM HAS HAD LONG-RUNNING ROOF PROBLEMS AND REPAIRS - CHECK BEFORE PLANNING A TOWER VISIT.
4101 rue Sherbrooke Est, Montreal, Quebec, H1X 2B2, Canada
The garden is open year round; outdoor gardens are best from May to October and hours are longer in summer. Some winter days may be closed. Gardens of Light runs on autumn evenings. The Biodôme and Planetarium keep their own schedules. ⚠ HOURS AND PRICES NOT VERIFIED FOR THIS FILE.
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