Gardens | The Gardens | Linear Garden
The visit of the Gardens begins with the long bending pathways that lead visitors from the parking lot to the entrance pavilion. Carefully integrated into the surrounding forest, the building is located on the road that once separated the Gardens from the adjacent village of Grand-Métis. Today, it leads you to a belvedere that overlooks the Mitis River or into the gardens. Along the metal fence flourishes a new linear garden, the creation of Micheline Clouard and Julie Saint-Arnault of Vlan Paysages. This garden that extends over more than 500 metres features edible and aromatic plants, symbolizing the link between the estate and the surrounding agricultural land and producers. The Entrance Pavilion, designed by architects Stéphane Pratte and Annie Lebel of Atelier in situ, has a garden shop, a gift shop and a café. The building and landscaping won several awards for the architects, landscape architects and graphic designers, including the Governor General’s Medal in Architecture in 2006.
