From the outset, LSDP has sought to combine a poetic working spirit with the highest standards of seed quality, with the aim of providing the foundations for a garden that is beautiful, delicious, useful and resilient.

After 20 years in operation, La société des plantes has developed a catalog aimed at gardeners and growers in northern climates who are looking for hardy, sometimes unusual varieties that have been tested in a climate similar to their own. 

My brother and I spent most of our childhood with our maternal Nonna - La Signora Emma Paradisi - who was imported in 1985 from Milan to Ville Mont-Royal, where we grew up.