80 years of history and archives at the Montréal Botanical Garden

A grand tour of the Garden in 24 stops that will allow you to better understand the history of the Montréal Botanical Garden.

Important dates for the institution.
 
 

723 digitized photographs of the construction and the beginnings of the Botanical Garden, from 1932 to 1939.

Drawings of the gardens

Three films from 1938 to 1992.

Photo albums of the floral exhibitions, from 1952 to 2007, presented by decades.

Bound albums from floral exhibitions' inaugurations in the 60s and 70s.

A selection of posters advertising the floral exhibitions.

History of the Garden through 68 clippings from 1929 to 1939.

Letters from the correspondence between Brother Marie-Victorin and Henry Teuscher, the founders of the Botanical Garden.

Selection of excerpts from the guest book.

The Mémoires du Jardin botanique de Montréal available in full text PDFs. [Incomplete collection]