Celebrate Halloween with the family at the Jardin botanique
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October 2, 2024
Written on October 5, 2022 At the Jardin botanique we love celebrating Halloween. For decades now, October has been synonymous with pumpkins,...Read more
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Valuing the ordinary: bugs, weeds and seagulls
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September 18, 2024
The natural world around us is a lot more diversified than we might think. And yet, most of us are familiar with very few of the species living in...Read more
Gardens of Light, a gentle cultural immersion
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September 11, 2024
Written on October 2, 2018 The illuminated pathway running through the Chinese, First Nations and Japanese gardens gives off a certain magic, and yet...Read more
Has our food’s nutritional value evolved over time?
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June 5, 2024
The food system rapidly industrialized at the start of the 1960s. This period, dubbed the Green Revolution, is characterized by an improvement in...Read more
Hand pollination: when a horticulturist becomes a bee
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December 6, 2023
Pollination is a miracle of nature. During the summer season, life spreads because of varied forms of pollination: insects, the wind, animals and...Read more
Is gardening a sustainable practice?
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September 11, 2023
The answer depends on why and how we practice it. Obviously a garden offers a more diversified living environment for wildlife and plant life than a...Read more
The 15-pace rule revisited
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August 9, 2023
The 15-pace rule was conceived in 2018 by Larry Hodgson, the Laidback Gardener. This is a gardening philosophy that encourages intervention only when...Read more
Why do flowers produce nectar?
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June 27, 2023
Nectar is a sweet liquid produced by an organ called a nectary. A bit like the discounts at a grocery that incite us to buy, the role of the nectary...Read more
Demystifying the status of threatened or vulnerable plants in Québec
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May 16, 2023
It’s spring, and you’re looking for native plants to add to your garden. On a visit to a nursery, you notice a plant with pretty white flowers. It’s...Read more
Do we really have to let dandelions grow?
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May 9, 2023
Dandelions have been making a major comeback in recent years. After a long period of being snubbed, the common dandelion ( Taraxacum officinale ) now...Read more
