The Grand Avenue stretches over a distance of 215 metres with 60 flowerbeds dedicated to each of the region's locality. It is the "red carpet" that is rolled out to greet our visitors leading them on a discovery tour of the gardens.

Smell the Herb Garden, here you will find: aromatic herbs, medicinal herbs and even edible flowers. This garden is reminiscent of the period of Charlemagne in the VIII century and the beginning of the use of plants for medicinal purposes.

Delve into the past with the decorative garden inspired by France's Jardins de Villandry, one of the most beautiful gardens in the world. This impressive garden, as big as two football fields, has a place of honour in the centre of the gardens. Our horticultural chef makes it a point of honour to add new varieties of vegetables, herbs and flowers each year. Thus, the arrangement and colour of the garden evolves with the years. In the vegetable garden, there is a variety of ancient vegetables such as: the potato, the carrot, the celery and others.

This vegetable bed is dedicated to our fathers, mothers and ancestors who, since the founding of New France, have planted "the garden" near the house to feed their big families.

Imagine a floral embroidery, a mirror image of the gardens of the kings of the Middle Ages. That is what you will find in the South of France flowerbed. It is a reflection of the French-style gardens created by Le Nôtre, similar to those of Versailles. It transports the visitor back to the splendour of the XVII and XVIII centuries.

Float on the mirrored Basin, this flowerbed composed of mosaic symbols (Orient Carpet) is a reminder that the first gardens of the world were in the Middle East.

In the vicinity of these sculptured gardens where the gardener is both the actor and the director, the landscaped woodlands grow at their own pace demonstrating that the earth is an immense garden that has been cultivated since the beginning of time.

Landscaped Garden and Perennial garden, here begin the English Garden in which you will find such flowers as the iris, lilacs and others and, let's not forget, the Rooster proudly preening on the classical flowerbeds.

The path of the gardens of Quebec. A brand new path (2001) winding along a dozen flowerbeds, each more beautiful than the next, from all over the province (from Gatineau to Métis) has been named the Path of the gardens of Quebec.

The gardens are celebrating their 10 th anniversary in 2005. For this occasion, the daylily garden will be officially opened. A unique collection among public gardens in Eastern Canada : 1,800 different daylily cultivars planted alongside 650 lilies from 35 varieties. This collection greatly enhances the gardens, and care was taken to locate it in a large expanse that showcases its beauty .

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