Jardins de Métis

The Jardins de Métis (French pronunciation: [ʒaʁdɛ̃ də metis]), also known in English as the Reford Gardens, is an English-style garden located at Grand-Métis, Quebec.

[2] The gardens were designated a Canadian National Historic Site in 1995[1] and as a Quebec heritage site by the Ministry of Culture and Communications of Quebec in 2013.

[4] Thanks to its location near the confluence of the St. Lawrence and Mitis Rivers, the site has a favourable microclimate which allows plants to grow here that are found nowhere else in Canada.

[5] Estevan Lodge, also known as the Villa Reford or Villa Estevan, is a heritage building which was formerly Elsie Reford's summer home.

While she was recovering from surgery, her doctor suggested that she take up gardening as a less strenuous alternative to fishing.