Gardens with great taste

摘要

Visitors to Quebec landmark enjoy sampling flowers in the displays and on the menu. In 1918, Elsie Reford took possession of a summer camp in Grand-Metis, located in the eastern part of Quebec and with a magnificent view of the St. Lawrence River. In1926, she expanded Estevan Lodge, built by her uncle Lord Mount Stephen in 1887, and transformed it into a 37-room country house. Over four decades, she created a private garden and grew many varieties of flowers that did not flourish naturally in thispart of the world. Her son, however, didn't have her horticultural passion or her green thumb. He sold the property to the provincial government in 1961, and the gardens were opened to the public the following year.