Our history
Between passion and innovation, a story of family entrepreneurship:
Les Serres Lavoie is the story of three generations of horticulturists. The company was founded in 1944 on family land on the Côte des Perrons by Paul-Eugène Lavoie and his wife Antoinette Locas. The couple imported from Belgium and became the first glass greenhouse in Quebec.
At the end of the 1950s, the Lavoies focused their activities on horticulture and became the largest flower producers in Quebec, with 80,000 boxes produced annually.
In 1987, their son Jean-Claude Lavoie bought the company with his wife Francine Cloutier. The couple continued the family tradition of always innovating and opened the garden center to offer flowers and plants as well as accessories and materials for gardening.
In 2008, Mario Lavoie, the son of Jean-Claude Lavoie and Francine Cloutier, as well as his wife Sophie Ethier, bought the family business.
In 2022, Camille Lavoie joins the management team and thus becomes the 4th generation in the company!
Eco-responsibility, in sharing mode!
Innovating also means being part of the very current movement of sustainable development and eco-responsibility. This is why at JFC Lavoie, respect, innovation and the search for high-performance, high-quality plants are essential values.
The Lavoies compost, use biofungicides and biopesticides, collect rainwater and reuse the cardboard boxes and production pots that customers bring back.
Today we are all aware of the challenges linked to the environment. This is why the horticulturists of Serres Lavoie share their knowledge with customers concerned about gardening while respecting ecology.
Did you know that you can choose repellent plants to keep mosquitoes at bay? This is an eco-responsible gesture!
A family welcome and expert advice!
The Lavoies have fitted out the greenhouses in the image of the products they offer: with respect for the plants and with the aim of showcasing them. This is how you will find a wide variety of plants and flowers for your gardens, trees and shrubs, annuals for continuous flowering in the most resplendent ranges of colors, perennials which will flower your flowerbeds from the moment first year, succulents, cacti and rare plants for your interior.
Take advantage of the expert advice of the Serres Lavoie team to assemble combinations of flourishing plants and to meet your specific needs: opening and closing of land, planting, landscape design and maintenance, hedge trimming, horticultural workshops...
Here, we can really help you!
Our vision:
Our vision is to grow while remaining eco-responsible. We have a lot of projects for the next few years!
Facilities:
- 11 production greenhouses on 24,000 square feet (including 12,000 square feet rented).
- Production in integrated pest management: organic crop management (GIBC)
Production:
Serres Lavoie produces from seeds or unrooted cuttings.
Hope to meet you!
Les Serres Lavoie