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At the Jardin botanique we love celebrating Halloween. For decades now, October has been synonymous with pumpkins, squashes, shows and family...Read more
In October, common or American witch-hazel ( Hamamelis virginiana ), a shrub native to southern Quebec, is covered in delicate yellow flowers that...Read more
Nature takes on all sorts of shapes. If pumpkins are associated with Halloween, there’s another plant that deserves to be bracketed with the autumn...Read more
Updating: September 21, 2017 Everyone loves Halloween. Many Quebeckers buy one or more pumpkins at this time of year and turn them into decorations,...Read more
In this black and orange period, spiders, just like pumpkins, entertain us. Their webs adorn our houses, their big eyes scare us, their hairy feet...Read more
In October, the Jardin botanique de Montréal offers educational activities about Cucurbitaceae, the pumpkin family. Before 1994, programs took place...Read more
During the Great Pumpkin Ball at the Jardin botanique, come discover some astonishing members of the gourd family in the Main Exhibition Greenhouse...Read more
The quality of life of our Biodôme residents means a great deal to us. In addition to the wide range of daily services provided by a team of animal-...Read more