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People enjoying a tables champêtres during summer in Quebec.

Parcelles. Photo: Émile Desroches

A Guide to Québec’s Tables Champêtres

Les Cocagnes also offers an apéro-champêtre on Tuesday nights throughout the summer for family and friends, taking full advantage of their pergola next to the pond for more informal enjoyment of late sunsets and walks around the farm.

“What sets us apart is our participatory financing method—we used community bonds to acquire the land,” Hinton explains. “To avoid dependence on recurrent funding in the form of subsidies, we’re looking to develop a viable business model through agro-tourism activities.”

Whether it’s a homespun picnic or a meal in a more formal, restaurant-ish setting, or an informal happening gourmand, from the first radishes to the sad moment when the last ear of corn has been plucked and devoured, the rolling hills and green spaces of the province are filled with diners making the most of this brief moment of bounty.

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