ard ins ▁ou b li és ▁ 1 8 6 0 - 1 9 6 0 , ▁an ▁album ▁of ▁photograph s ▁of ▁Quebec ' s ▁historic ▁gard ens , ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 9 . ▁He ▁wrote ▁a ▁guide book ▁to ▁the ▁Re ford ▁Gard ens ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 . ▁Au ▁r yth me ▁du ▁train ▁ 1 8 5 9 - 1 9 7 0 , ▁an ▁album ▁of ▁photograph s ▁illustr ating ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁trains ▁in ▁Quebec , ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 . ▁He ▁has ▁two ▁other ▁books ▁on ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁gard ens , ▁not ably ▁Els ie ' s ▁Parad ise ▁– ▁Re ford ▁Gard ens ▁and ▁its ▁sequ el ▁on ▁the ▁garden ' s ▁plant ▁collections , ▁Tre asures ▁of ▁Re ford ▁Gard ens ▁- ▁Els ie ▁Re ford ' s ▁Flor al ▁Leg acy . ▁He ▁wrote ▁The ▁Met is ▁L ighth ouse ▁with ▁Paul ▁G end ron ▁and ▁is ▁leading ▁efforts ▁to ▁preserve ▁this ▁local ▁land mark . ▁He ▁is ▁writing ▁a ▁book ▁on ▁the ▁gard ens ▁of ▁Québec ▁and ▁a ▁history ▁of ▁tour ism ▁in ▁the ▁province . ▁ ▁Awards ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁" Top ▁Fort y ▁Under ▁Fort y " ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 . ▁He ▁has ▁also ▁been ▁given ▁various ▁hon ours ▁for ▁his ▁contribution ▁to ▁landscape ▁architecture ▁and ▁gard ens . ▁He ▁was ▁made ▁an ▁honor ary ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Canadian ▁Society ▁of ▁Land