Saturday, July 4, 2015

Botanical Garden, Montreal, Quebec

We were not originally planning to visit the Botanical Gardens in Montreal on July 4, 2015. However, having finished exploring the nearby Biodome, we decided to take a closer look at the beautiful gardens.



It was around 5:00 p.m. when we arrived, and the indoor garden exhibit would close at 6:00 p.m. We decided to go in anyway. I am thankful that I went because the next day, I came down with a severe case of the flu, which turned into a significant illness (ulcerative colitis)


The indoor hothouse was full of exotic plants.


I took lots and lots of photos!













Eventually, we completed our tour of the indoor hothouse when it closed at 6:00 p.m. and headed for the outdoor portion of the gardens.

We walked past the beautiful Rose Gardens into the Japanese Garden area.



After resting at the Japanese Gardens, we explored some First Peoples' gardens and walked toward other parts of the Botanical Gardens.


We found a beautifully designed sculpture of Broken Time.


While walking around, we ran into a friendly neighborhood fox. It was not scared of anyone, not of people at all!


We saw many nearby birds starting to strafe the fox, probably to keep him away from nests.



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