McGill’s botanical history inspires Montreal artists

Two public art projects launching in Montreal this summer take inspiration from the botanical collection of Dr. Andrew Holmes, one of the founders of McGill's Faculty of Medicine.

Two-hundred years ago, Holmes cultivated a collection wild plants across what would become the urban core of the city of Montreal, and later donated those plants to the McGill University Herbarium on its founding, which have been cherished and preserved ever since. Although the earth of Montreal now holds up the buildings and industry of a metropolis, thanks to Holmes’ botanical record, the spirit of these last days of wilderness can still be pictured.

Read the full article, written by Frieda Beauregard, in the McGill Reporter.