Wednesday 8 July 2015

Butchart Gardens

My friends know that I could kill a cactus. I have no ability to foster flowers, plants or maintain a garden. I can't tell an A from a Z (fill in names of any flower or plant of your pleasure). So a visit to a  garden display is not the first outing I would select.

The Butchart Gardens was on our tour itinerary and I went along without high expectations.

Wow! They are impressive. Even with my lack of interest in this art and hampered by a degree of colour blindness I was blown away the magnificence of the display.

Here is a small sample. (Don't ask me to name anything displayed.)

The Sunken Garden


Japanese Garden


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6 comments:

  1. Gosia8 July 2015 at 15:09

    great tour!!

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  2. Adaptive Radiation11 July 2015 at 14:49

    Wow. Stunning. I particularly like the steps in the pond of the Japanese garden.

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    1. Victor12 July 2015 at 11:20

      I was impressed too AdRad, and it's not really my interest.

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  3. Craig20 July 2015 at 17:48

    The Butchart Gardens are absolutely stunning. Perhaps even the finest I've ever seen. Kew in the UK is close but I love the planting designs at Butchart. Your photos do them great justice.

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    1. Victor21 July 2015 at 16:05

      Thanks Craig, even to a flora ignoramus like me these gardens were spectacular.

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