Garden of Innovations

Later a Trial Garden In the 1940s, the Fruit Garden was converted into a Trial Garden for new cultivars of annuals. The Botanical Garden's archives contain extensive records listing the pros and cons of each variety. Jardin botanique de Montréal (Archives) Title page of annual plant trial records - 1951	Jardin botanique de Montréal (Archives)
	A page from the annual plant trial records after one growing season.

Jardin botanique de Montréal (Archives) - call number:0054-0034

Jardin botanique de Montr?al (Archives)

... and an Annual Garden

Then, in the mid-1980s, the Trial Garden took on a new identity, as an Annual Garden. Regulars dubbed it the "Joan of Arc" garden, for it had a statue of the Maid of Orleans. She lost her head - literally! - just before her adopted home was transformed into the Garden of Innovations in 1997.

Garden of Innovations : Part 3

Previous stop of the historical path:
Garden of Useful Plants

Next stop of the historical path:
City Gardens

Construction of the Botanical Garden virtual exhibit [Jardin botanique de Montréal]