LINKS TO RELATED WEB SITES
PLACES TO STAY, PLACES TO EAT
La Villa Marichon, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec, Canada. If you have not yet been privledged to vacation in Gaspesie, Quebec, Canada you must plan to do so. We enjoyed a week there (click on the keyword "Quebec" on my home page to see photos from our trip) and stayed at the lovely La Villa Marichon B&B after making the loop around the peninsula. Jocelyne and Bertrand are wonderful hosts, and they will welcome you, too! Enjoy the sunset over the Saint Lawrence River from their deck.Aux Trois balcons, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. A visit to Quebec City is a must! It resembles a small, old, European city but with the friendly, clean and quaint feel of a New England village. We enjoyed our stay very much, and highly recommend the Aux Trois balcons B&B. Isabelle Ouellet is a delightful hostess and a suberb cook, and will make your stay memorable! Most Vieux-Quebec attractions are within a twenty minute brisk walk, the Musee du Quebec is just a block away, and Isabelle will recommend several fine restaurants near the B&B.
The Bobcat Cafe in Bristol, Vermont exhibited my work as Featured Artist for the month of May, 2007. The exhibit included eleven of my framed Giclée prints. I appreciate the efforts of Carolyn Ashby, Manager of the Art On Main Gallery in Bristol, in curating this exhibit. Barbara and I have dined at the Bobcat, and enjoyed some of the best food we have ever been served in Vermont. If you are in the area, plan on dinner at the Bobcat Cafe!
PLACES TO VISIT -- THINGS TO SEE
Museums, History and ArtMusee de sculptures sur bois des Anciens Canadiens, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, Quebec, Canada. A beautiful collection of original wood carvings by Canadian artists. A film and a resident artist at work help the visitor understand the art and its traditions, and the gift shop would difficult to leave empty-handed (we didn't...)
Centre d'Art Marcel Gagnon, Sainte-Flavie, Gaspésie, Quebec, Canada. An indoor and outdoor art gallery and gift shop featuring work of Marcel Gagnon, including Le Grand Rassemblement .
Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, VT. Founded by Electra Havemeyer Webb in 1947, Shelburne Museum is one of the nation's finest, most diverse, and unconventional museums of art and Americana. Over 150,000 works are exhibited in a remarkable setting of 39 exhibition buildings, 25 of which are historic and were relocated to the Museum grounds.
Gardens and Conservatories
Reford Gardens, Grand-Métis, Gaspésie, Quebec, Canada. This formal English garden, started by Elsie Reford in 1926, is home to more than 3,000 species and varieties of native and exotic plants .
Vermont Wildflower Farm, Charlotte, Vermont. Established in 1981, The Vermont Wildflower, The Vermont Wildflower Farm’s 6 acres of wildflower gardens is a famous destination for wildflower gardeners. The Seed Shop offers premium proven perennial and annual wildflower seed for all regions of North America, and a selection of framed prints of my work is on sale in the Gift Shop.
Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, PA. Open every day of the year, Longwood Gardens offers 1,050 acres of gardens, woodlands, and meadows, with 20 outdoor gardens, 20 indoor gardens within 4 acres of heated greenhouses, 11,000 different types of plants , and more fountains than any other garden in the US.
United States Botanic Garden, Washington, DC. Established by Congress in 1820, the United States Botanic Garden is the oldest botanic garden in North America, and currently maintains about 26,000 plants .
White Flower Farm, Litchfield, CT. A family-owned mail-order nursery, White Flower Farm also maintains 5 acres of display gardens , open to the public free of charge.
Montréal Botanical Garden , Montréal, Quebec, Canada. The Montréal Botanical Garden ranks as one of the world's largest and most spectacular botanical gardens, with a collection of 22,000 plant species and cultivars, 10 exhibition greenhouses, and thirty thematic gardens. Featured in the greenhouses is the Orchid Conservatory with 1,500 orchid species and hybrids.
Magic Wings Butterfly Conservatory and Gardens, South Deerfield, MA. This solar-heated 8,000-square foot conservatory is home to nearly 4,000 free-flying butterflies from all over the world.
Parks
Gaspé National Park (Canada), Gaspésie, Quebec, Canada. Parc national de la Gaspésie is a mountain range located in the heart of the Gaspé Peninsula with 25 peaks over 1,000 metres high, the highest being Mont Jacques-Cartier at 1268 meters. Its varied climate and geology contain a unique diversity of plant and animal species.
Forillon National Park (Canada), Gaspé, Gaspésie, Quebec, Canada. Parc national du Canada Forillon, created in 1970, is located at the farthest reach of the Gaspé Peninsula. It covers a 244 km2 area carved out of the sea, cliffs and mountains. The park protects a representative sample of the Notre-Dame and Mégantic mountain regions and elements of the Gulf of St. Lawrence marine region, as well as Lands End and the Grande-Grave National Heritage Site.
Ile Bonaventure and Pierced Rock National Park (Canada), Percé, Gaspésie, Quebec, Canada. Parc national de l'île-Bonaventure-et-du-Rocher-Percé, on the tip of the Gaspé Peninsula, displays remarkable geology, flora and fauna. Rocher-Percé stands like a fortress off-shore from the town of Percé, and l'île-Bonaventure has a world-renowned Northern Gannet colony as well as trails through fragrent forests and wildflowers .
Miguasha National Park (Canada), Miguasha, Gaspésie, Quebec, Canada. A renowned palaeontological site and a World Heritage Site, Miguasha illustrates the Devonian Period dating from 370 million years ago. It's significance stems from the discovery there of fossil specimens of the lobe-finned fishes that gave rise to the first four-legged, air-breathing terrestrial vertebrates.
Smithsonian National Zoological Park, Washington, DC. The Smithsonian’s National Zoo was founded in 1889. Its mission is to provide leadership in animal care, science, education, and sustainability. About 2,400 individuals of 400 different species are in the animal collection - including the very famous baby panda cub, Tai Shan .
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