Pergola, 2024
Photo credit: Jérôme Lapierre Architecte
The 25th edition of the Reford Gardens International Garden Festival, in Grand-Métis, Quebec,  will take place from June 22 to October 6, 2024.
The theme for the 25th edition will be The Ecology of Possibility and the event will kick off with Discussion Day, the first conference-type event organized by the Festival since 2001. Discussion Days will take place over the Fête Nationale / Saint-Jean-Baptiste holiday weekend in Grand-Métis and aims to bring together professionals, experts, students, the 2024 designers, and members of the general public.

Discussion Days aim to create a safe space to share ideas and challenge preconceptions about the built environment, the cultural landscape, and biodiversity. The keynote will be given by Chantal Colleu-Dumond, executive and artistic director of the Domaine de Chaumont-sur-Loire and its Festival International des Jardins. The visual identity for the 25th edition of the International Garden Festival was designed by the team from Montréal  graphic designers Principal.
The festival will feature several special onsite projects including Pergola by Jérôme Lapierre Architecte, who was asked to design a small pavilion to mark the event’s main entrance. Pergola will be inaugurated on June 22, and will offer a contemporary reimagining of the small garden structure traditionally used to provide shade and support for climbing plants. The project is made of thin walls o...