LET'S GARDEN TOGETHER!
MONTRÉAL, May 8, 2024
/CNW/ - From May 24 to 26, Espace
pour la vie invites you to kick off the gardening season with the
Great Gardening Weekend at the Jardin botanique. For 27 years
now, the Great Gardening Weekend has been sowing the seeds of
gardening enthusiasm. This year, meet people with a passion for
plants, purchase plants, discover new tastes you can grow and
enjoy, and get some tips on how to support the socio-ecological
transition through gardening. The Great Gardening Weekend,
organized in collaboration with the Friends of the Botanical
Garden, is the festive spring event at the Jardin botanique de
Montréal!
A showcase for socio-ecological
initiatives
This year, the Great Gardening Weekend is helping to raise the
profile of local organizations working to promote the
socio-ecological transition. Talk it up with the staff of
organizations that contribute to environmental education and
support citizens in their greening efforts. Discuss harvest
seasonality, pollinator conservation, access to local food, urban
greening in a spirit of inclusion and social diversity, gardening
in health and long-term care institutions, and eco-grazing, among
other stimulating topics!
A workshop tent to cultivate your
knowledge
Want to take your learning up a notch? Whether
you're looking to incorporate herbs into your landscaping, work
with alpine plants, garden with mushrooms, or learn all about
gardening in an apartment, the Great Gardening Weekend workshops
(included in the price of admission to the Jardin botanique) offer
you a great opportunity to cultivate your knowledge! Check out the
full schedule at espacepourlavie.ca.
Fruitful encounters
If you have questions about landscaping, garden
care, plant pruning or the art of floristry, students from the
École des métiers de l'horticulture de Montréal are on hand
to give you some tips. You'd like to chat about gladiolas, roses,
alpine plants, rhododendrons, bonsais, and penjings? Come and meet
the friend societies of the Jardin botanique. At the
My Space for Life booth,
learn how to bring biodiversity into your home through this
participatory science program. Make your way to the Institut de
recherche en biologie végétale kiosk to discuss green energy
and phytotechnologies.
Horticultural and gourmet
finds
This year's edition is sure to please not only gardening buffs,
but also local foodies! Whether you're looking for native, edible,
decorative or aquatic plants, mushroom growing kits, cricket manure
or hydroponics equipment, the Great Gardening Weekend exhibitors
will be able to advise you. The many food products from here and
elsewhere will delight curious taste buds, while practical minds
will be interested in gardening paraphernalia.
Check out the Espace pour la vie website for a complete list of
exhibitors and what they have in store and remember to bring your
reusable bags!
BOOK YOUR TICKETS ONLINE
at espacepourlavie.ca
9 am to 5 pm,
May 24, 25 and 26, 2024
Access to the 2024 Great Gardening Weekend is included in regular
tickets to the Jardin botanique.
Do you have an Espace pour la vie
passport? Book your free admission now.
ACCESS
INFORMATION
Reduce GHGs by opting for public
transit (5-minute walk from Pie-IX metro station) or
carpooling!
Pay parking spaces are limited.
Access via P1 of
the Jardin botanique (4101 Sherbrooke Street
East).
Digital press kit (visuals)
About Espace pour la
vie
Protecting biodiversity and the environment is at the heart of
the mission of Espace pour la vie, which is made up of the Biodôme,
Biosphère, Insectarium, Jardin botanique and Planétarium de
Montréal. Together, these museums located in Montréal form
Canada's largest natural science
museum complex, welcoming over 2.7 million visitors each year. In
view of the challenges our planet is facing, Espace pour la vie is
working to increase its impact by fostering dialogue with
communities and taking actions aimed at mobilizing the public
behind the socio-ecological transition.
SOURCE Espace pour la vie Montreal