Follow us on Twitter to get the latest on the world's hidden wonders. Offer subject to change without notice. #OTD On this day in 2018, The Oakville Horticultural Society outside of Québec, offered a screening of the documentary "The Gardener" featuring horticulturist Frank Cabot and his masterpiece garden Les Quatre Vents or the Four Winds.The film reflects upon the meaning of gardening and its impact on our lives. Les Jardins de Quatre-Vents, or the Garden of the Four Winds, took shape toward the end of Cabot’s life. Les Jardin de Quatre-Vents is a must see garden if you love gardening, nature, ecology, botany, and if you love to laugh. Winner will be selected at random on 02/01/2021. Tickets go on sale early in December, and quickly sell out. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. Summer 2016 the Gardens will be open to the public for guided tours (approximately 2 and a half hours, rain or shine) on four Saturdays – June 25, July 9, July 23, and August 6. It was given to me by the author's daughter + I met the author, the very distinguish man who created "Les Quatre Vents". The Gardener is a documentary directed by Sebastien Chabot about Frank Cabot's Les Quatre Vents, aka Cabot Garden, a magnificent private garden in the Charlevoix region near Quebec City. Sign up for our newsletter and enter to win the second edition of our book. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. Like Atlas Obscura and get our latest and greatest stories in your Facebook feed. The gardens are open to the public for four days every summer, groups of 15 are allowed in for guided private tours. Something went wrong. 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This is one of the most beautiful horticultural book I possess. Shortly before his passing at the age of 86, influential gardener and horticulturalist Frank Cabot recounted his personal quest for perfection at Les Quatre Vents, his twenty-acre English style garden and summer estate that was opened to a film crew for the first time ever in 2009. I treasure it and it gives me inspiration for my own garden. Frank also whote a book about the garden. Les Quatre Vents in Charlevoix County, Quebec, has been acclaimed as the most aesthetically satisfying and horticulturally exciting landscape experience in North America. Hosted by Lori Ray and Pakenham Gardeners Group. clock. The Cabot family has enjoyed a long tradition of wealth, philanthropy, and talent. All rights reserved. The descriptions of the garden's design and installation process is fascinating and inspiring. 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