Places, Traditions and Discoveries · Drawing 11 of 40
Under the greenhouse roof
At Montréal’s Botanical Garden, greenhouses shelter plants from different places. Their roofs let the light in.
Look together
Which leaf is the biggest?
An idea to try
An adult chooses two packages at home, such as tea and cinnamon. Look at any plant pictures together and compare them.
For the adult reading along
A little more to discover
The Montréal Botanical Garden’s tropical food-plants greenhouse introduces plants that produce familiar foods. Examples include plants associated with bananas, pineapples, ginger and vanilla. The part used varies: tea comes from leaves, while cinnamon comes from bark.
Begin with a food your child knows and ask where it comes from. Is it a fruit, a leaf or another plant part? The aim is curiosity, not identifying every species in the drawing. Then observe the variety of leaf sizes and shapes.
Sources and illustration notes (1)
An imagined greenhouse and plants for colouring; the species do not reproduce a particular greenhouse’s collection.
These links lead to other websites. Explore them with an adult. References identify the institution and the related lesson; some linked pages are in French.
- Espace pour la vie — Serre des plantes tropicales alimentairesExemples de plantes cultivées dans la serre et parties alimentaires : fruit, feuille, écorce et autres organes.
Source review: 2026-09-12. Illustrations simplify places and scenes; they are not historical documents.
