Calendar	Calendar   We are currently finalizing our calendar of events and activities. Watch our updates further information.   31 May 2008 Opening of Reford Gardens 31 May 2008 Opening of the exhibition Les jardins la nuit / The Garden at Night - Estevan Lodge 3 pm 3 June 2008 Benefit Event for the International Garden Festival On Le Parquet of Centre CDP Capital, Montréal 5:30 pm 7 June 2008 Community Clean-up of the Metis River Park and the shoreline of the St. Lawrence River 15 June 2008 Father's Day Musical Brunch with Claude Belisle at the piano - Estevan Lodge from 10 am to 2 pm 20 June 2008 Opening of the 9th edition of the International Garden Festival - On invitation only 21 June 2008 Opening of the International Garden Festival 21 June 2008 Opening of the Mitis River Park 22 June 2008 Musical Brunch with Claude Belisle at the piano - Estevan Lodge from 10 am to 1 pm - In collaboration with the Caisse populaire Desjardins de Mont-Joli 26 June 2008 Inaugural Gourmet Evening (Thursday and Friday evenings in July, Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings in August) 29 June 2008 Musical Brunch with Suzanne Gari and Danielle Dumais, voice and piano - Estevan Lodge from 10 am to 1 pm - In collaboration with IGA - Alimentation de La Mitis 5 July 2008 Lecture "Impact des pesticides sur la santé des grenouilles" by Pauline Brousseau - Mitis River Park - 3 pm 5 July 2008 Peony Exhibition - 8:30 am to 6 pm 6 July 2008 Peony Day - Show and Lecture "Why Peonies" by Mary Pratte, Canadian Peony Society 6 July 2008 Musical Brunch with Carl Desjardins and Jazz'n'Blue - Estevan Lodge from 10 am to 1 pm - In collaboration with the Caisse populaire Desjardins de Mont-Joli 7 July 2008 Inauguration of the rustic camping - Mitis River Park 10 July 2008 Film Night in the Gardens Under the Stars - 8:30 pm 12 July 2008 Inauguration of the exhibition "Shells of the World" at the Mitis River Park 13 July 2008 Hydro-Québec Day – The Right Tree in the Right Place and Energy Efficiency - 10 am to 4 pm 13 July 2008 Brunch - Estevan Lodge from 10 am to 1 pm 13 July 2008 Literary Tea (in French) with Michèle Plomer, author. In collaboration with the CLAC - Estevan Lodge at 3 pm 19 July 2008 Lecture "La pollution de l'eau et ses effets" with Joanna Prime - Mitis River Park - 3 pm 20 July 2008 Open Air concert with the Music of the Naval Reserve of Canada at 1 pm 20 July 2008 Brunch Estevan Lodge from 10 am to 1 pm 24 July 2008 Film Night in the Gardens - 'Durs à cuire' by Guillaume Sylvestre with Chefs Normand Laprise and Martin Picard - 8:30 pm 25 July 2008 Lecture "Les hémérocalles une vivace facile" - Estevan Lodge - 3 pm 1 August 2008 Lecture "Les hémérocalles une vivace facile" with Jean Rocheleau - Estevan Lodge - 3 pm 7 August 2008 Film Night in the Gardens - 'Manufactured Landscapes' / « Paysages fabriqués » by Jennifer Baichwal - 8:30 pm 8 August 2008 Lecture "Les hémérocalles une vivace facile" with Jean Rocheleau- Estevan Lodge - 3 pm 8 August 2008 Activity discovery of mushrooms and wild products - 'From the forest to the table!' with Gerard Mathar - Mitis River Park followed by dinner in Estevan Lodge - 3:30 pm 10 August 2008 Musical Brunch with Suzanne Gari and Danielle Dumais, voice and piano Estevan Lodge from 10 am to 1 pm - In collaboration with the Caisse populaire Desjardins de Mont-Joli 10 August 2008 Literary Tea with D.Y. Béchard and Lise Tremblay, authors. In collaboration with the CLAC - Estevan Lodge at 2 pm (in English and French) 15 August 2008 Lecture "Les hémérocalles une vivace facile" with Jean Rocheleau - Estevan Lodge - 3 pm 16 August 2008 Le Jardin la nuit – The Garden at Night - Lecture and nocturnal visit with photographer Linda Rutenberg 17 August 2008 Musical Brunch - Estevan Lodge from 10 am to 1 pm 17 August 2008 Special Dinner with Normand Laprise and his team from Toqué! Restaurant - In aid of the Fondation des Jardins de Métis and the International Garden Festival 24 August 2008 Brunch - Estevan Lodge from 10 am to 1 pm 24 August 2008 Open Air Concert with Carl Desjardins and Jazz'n'Blue - 3 pm 31 August 2008 Closing of the Mitis River Park 31 August 2008 Literary Tea (in French) with authors Michel Vézina and Patrick Sénécal - In collaboration with the CLAC - Estevan Lodge at 3 pm 31 August 2008 Musical Brunch in collaboration with the Festi Jazz international de Rimouski and the Caisses populaires Desjardins du Bas-Saint-Laurent - Estevan Lodge from 10 am to 1 pm 1 September 2008 Culinary Event for residents of the Mitis Region 7 September 2008 Brunch at Estevan Lodge - 10 am to 1 pm 20 September 2008 Community Clean-Up as part of the TD Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup - 9 am to 5 pm 28 September 2008 Journées de la Culture - Literary Tea with Robert Lévesque, author. In collaboration with the CLAC. Estevan Lodge 3 pm 5 October 2008 Gardens and Festival closes for the season