International Flora Montréal & the VIA Rail Garden Route
A contest at the International Flora Montréal Garden Lovers Show was held recently, in co-operation with VIA Rail. The VIA Rail Garden Route highlights 16 of the best gardens from Victoria, British Columbia to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Kingsbrae Garden is pleased to be the only garden in New Brunswick chosen for this elite group.
For the second year, Kingsbrae Garden participated in the two way contest; the three winners at International Flora Montréal pick a garden destination and travel on VIA Rail in great style, with garden passes, accommodations and meals for a 3-day festive floral vacation at their garden destination. In the reverse, each of the 16 gardens held a contest for their visitors to win a VIA Rail Trip to Montréal,.
Two lucky Kingsbrae Garden visitors from Fredericton won a deluxe trip to Montréal, travelling VIA Rail Easterly Class, including meals, staying in Montréal at the boutique Place d’Armes hotel, visiting International Flora Montréal and the Montréal Botanic Garden.
International Flora Montréal & VIA Rail Garden Route prize
details:
- Two winners travel in style from Montréal* by VIA Rail Easterly class—a deluxe sleeping compartment converts to a daytime lounge; meals are included.
- Two nights' accommodation at the historic Fairmont Algonquin Hotel & Resort, complete with breakfasts.
- Three days’ admission to the 27-acre Kingsbrae Garden, just steps from the Hotel and the centre of town and Day Adventure Centre at the wharf.
- A lunch or early dinner for the winners at the Kingsbrae Garden Café, overlooking magnificent gardens to Ministers Island and Passamaquoddy Bay.
* Tickets are from Montréal to Saint John; the last leg from Moncton VIA station is by motorcoach. The winners will be picked up by car in Saint John for the hour’s drive to Canada’s premier seaside resort town, St Andrews by-the-Sea.
