Say It with Flowers

YOU CAN SEE Mont Royal from Jean Paul Ganem’s Jardin des Capteurs. Located in a 100-hectare open dump in the heart of Montreal, the garden returns forgotten beauty to the surrounding neighbourhood. Check out the film that depicts the remarkable transformation from odorous refuse to artful garden at www.jpganem.com. While you are there, explore Ganem’s other unique efforts. His current Aldeinha project in São Paulo, Brazil, incites debate about precarious housing conditions in major cities. It trains young people to garden and manage a nursery in the park, thereby generating income for the community. But it’s also building capacity and beauty in a neglected neighbourhood. Young people are trained to garden and manage a nursery-in-the-park, which in turn, generates income for the community.