A Stroll Through Butchart Gardens
Jan 13, 2019 13:09:29 #
The Butchart Gardens is a group of floral display gardens in Brentwood Bay, British Columbia, Canada, located near Victoria on Vancouver Island. Set on about 55 acres the gardens are designated a National Historic Site of Canada. They host over a million visitors every year. Originally limestone quarry mined for the mineral used in the manufacture of Portland Cement. The cement production exhausted the limestone deposits in the early 1900's. Mrs Butchart envisioned a grand garden and started by transferring top soil by horse and cart as the beginning of what is today is the Sunken Garden and all in all a Canadian National Treasure. These photos we taken on a trip from several years ago.
Sunken Garden
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Sunken Garden #2
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On the Stroll 1
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Along the Way
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A Shady Spot
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In the Sun Bright Yellow
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Jan 13, 2019 13:53:05 #
Jan 13, 2019 15:06:54 #
It is flat out gorgeous NMGAL, photo op everywhere you look. Thanks for the comeback, much appreciated, glad you liked the pix. 
Jan 14, 2019 00:00:47 #
Jan 14, 2019 00:26:23 #
lmTrying
Loc: WV Northern Panhandle
I was there about 1978. From an old school hot rodder who has very little luck trying to grow anything in the ground, that is the most beautiful place I have seen. I want to go back and take my wife. I also intend to park myself in the middle of the Japanese garden and just let every bit of stress drain from my body and mind. It is an amazing place, and should be on every traveler's list of places to visit.
Jan 14, 2019 00:32:04 #
kay55
Loc: NE Ohio
marsdad wrote:
The Butchart Gardens is a group of floral display ... (show quote)
is it as big as it seems? Just wonderful, thank you for sharing.
Jan 14, 2019 06:27:35 #
Jan 14, 2019 10:43:46 #
marsdad wrote:
The Butchart Gardens is a group of floral display ... (show quote)
I visited there the summer of 2002. The place is truly stunning. Good pics and good info about the place.
Jan 14, 2019 10:46:35 #
Jan 14, 2019 10:59:43 #
Beautiful! A place I have wanted to go since I heard my aunt and uncle tell about it when I was about 12 or 13 and got involved with horticulture through FFA in high school(now 56)Hope to get there some day. Thanks for sharing.
PhotoNat
PhotoNat
Jan 14, 2019 11:16:36 #
Jan 14, 2019 11:38:08 #
lmTrying
Loc: WV Northern Panhandle
kay55 wrote:
is it as big as it seems? Just wonderful, thank you for sharing.
Yes, even bigger! Don't get the idea you can see it in a couple of hours. I was 27 in '78, and I put distance under my feet trying to see it all. Every spot you stop in and every direction you look is an outstanding view. I plan on spending an entire day, and starting the day with a fresh SD card in the camera.
Jan 14, 2019 12:39:47 #
df61743
Loc: Corpus Christi, TX
We were there in September 2015, and discovered that's an "all day affair" LOL
Everyplace you look is a photo op, and I took 237 pictures.
Dick
Everyplace you look is a photo op, and I took 237 pictures.
Dick
Jan 14, 2019 15:11:30 #
Mid-day light reduces the colors. Go there in the morning or in late afternoon, Marsdad?
You can do some PP to improve on these, but the morning/afternoon light would make your photos shine.
Good Luck!
You can do some PP to improve on these, but the morning/afternoon light would make your photos shine.
Good Luck!
Jan 14, 2019 16:13:39 #
Swamp-Cork wrote:
Beautiful, marsdad and what a beautiful place to visit.
Thanks for looking and commenting, S-C, much appreciated. If you are ever up in that neck of the woods it is an absolute must to visit
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