Reception Gardens

Visitors coming through the main entrance to the Botanical Garden, at the corner of Sherbrooke Street and Pie IX Boulevard, are greeted by the sumptuous borders on both sides of the pathways leading to the administration building.

This garden is laid out with flowers beds, composed in the style of French gardens.

In spring, tulips and other flowering bulbs around the cascading pools and fountains make the site a riot of color. In summer, they give way to the warm colors of annual plants.

The forecourt is adorned with exotic trees normally found in warmer climes; magnolias and tulip trees cannot grow any further north than Montréal.