Joyful Friday, GPODers!
Backyard planning for 2026 is properly below manner, however there’s one other exercise I like to plan this time of yr: journey. As I contemplate what locations I wish to cross off my bucket listing subsequent, I additionally ponder the general public gardens I would be capable to embrace in every journey. Fortunately, Backyard Picture of the Day has lengthy been a supply for inspiration and concepts, and as we speak Maria Nieuwenhof from Richmond, Québec, Canada (Zone 5a), has shared one other public backyard I’m including to my listing of must-sees. Maria has shared her gardening highlights a number of instances prior to now (take a look at her earlier submissions: Maria’s Québec Backyard, A Yr of Bouquets From the Backyard, and Maria Passes Down a Ardour for Gardening), however as we speak she is sharing images from a visit she made to Parc Marie-Victorin in Kingsey Falls, Québec.
Hello. I’m Maria from Richmond, Québec. My husband and I had the privilege to go to the magnificent Parc Marie-Victorin in Kingsey Falls. This park is near our house and celebrated its fortieth anniversary this yr. This park is devoted to Brother Marie-Victorin, born on this village, a grand botanist of his time in our province and the founding father of the Montreal Botanical Backyard. He’s additionally the writer of the 1935 backyard ebook Flore laurentienne, which remains to be a reference as we speak.
Flower beds as you enter the gardens celebrating 40 years this yr
A pavilion to cease for a relaxation and observe all the beautiful flowers out of the solar
A flower mattress filled with annuals
An instance of the sculptures within the gardens
There was a set of various silphiums. Pictured: cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum, Zones 3–9)
A giant lovely hydrangea
The humid space with a lot of bugs flying round
A reflecting pool within the water backyard
An instance of the vegetation within the greenhouse, a ‘Bug Bat’ pitcher plant (Sarracenia ‘Bug Bat’, Zones 5–9)
One other carnivorous greenhouse plant: Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula, Zones 5–9)
Thanks a lot for sharing this fabulous public backyard with us, Marie! There are such a lot of unbelievable backyard establishments world wide, however there’s at all times room so as to add one other must-see plant vacation spot to the bucket listing.
Did you go to any nice public gardens for the primary time final yr? Or have you ever made a wintertime go to to your favourite native botanical backyard prior to now couple of months? We’d love to listen to about what you noticed and see images out of your journey. Observe the NEW instructions beneath to submit your images to Backyard Picture of the Day!
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