Bourbonnais in Kankakee County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Jardin aux Potages

Photographed by J. J. Prats, July 10, 2017

1. Jardin aux Potages Marker

Inscription. Many of the nineteenth-century French-Canadian settlers of Bourbonnais Grove planted the Jardin aux Potages (literaly translated from French to English as “Garden of the Kitchen”). Altough local history does not indicate the exact shape or plan of Mrs. Elodie (Langlois) Letourneau’s Jardin aux Potages, she would have valued the accessibility of such a garden just beyond her back step. Regardless of whether Mrs. Letourneau’s Jardin aux Potages was formal or informal, she, as a French-Canadian, would have valued integrated plantings for use and for pleasure. The Bourbonnais Grove Historical Society has chosen a formal design for the Kitchen Garden. The plants are easily accessed and feature complimentary colors, textures, and bloom times. The purpose of the five Knock Out roses planted between the already established four white oak trees just east of the Kitchen Garden is to attract attention (from businesses on Main Street) to the rear of the Letourneau Home where the culinary herb garden is located.

Erected 2009 by Bourbonnais Grove Historical Society.

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Location. 41° 9.474′ N, 87° 53.197′ W. Marker is in Bourbonnais, Illinois, in Kankakee County. It can be reached from Straford Drive East just west of Main Street NW (Illinois Route 102), on the left when traveling west. It is at the Bourbonnais Grove Letourneau Home Museum. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 698 Stratford Dr E, Bourbonnais IL 60914, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Central Illinois.

It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Great Lakes,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Dedicated to the Memory (within shouting distance of this marker); Bourbonnais Grove (within shouting distance of this marker); Bourbonnais Veterans Memorial (about 700 feet away,

Kitchen Garden and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, July 10, 2017

2. Kitchen Garden and Marker

measured in a direct line); A Night of Tragedy and Heroism (approx. half a mile away); Noël Le Vasseur (approx. half a mile away); Donald H. and Faith N. Bell West Campus (approx. 0.8 miles away); The Freedom Sign (approx. 0.8 miles away); Wayne Michael Hayes Freedom Garden (approx. 0.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bourbonnais.

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Credits. This page was last revised on July 16, 2017. It was originally submitted on July 16, 2017, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 403 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 16, 2017, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.