Our home for the next few nights was the pet friendly, Admiral's Inn. The hotel was within walking distance to the city and the water. Beautiful!
The flowers in the distance spell, "Welcome to Victoria."
The rain did not stop us from heading out to Butchart Gardens, my dream destination.
This is BC' s most famous botanical attraction. The century old gardens were created in an old worked out limestone quarry by Jennie Butchart over 100 years ago. The quarry had supplied her husband's nearby Portland cement plant. The 55 acres include a sunken garden, a rose garden, a Japanese garden, the Star Pond, Italian Garden, Piazza, and the Mediterranean garden. The pictures cannot capture the beauty that Jennie Butchart created. The gardens are still family owned and opened 365 days a year.
Beautiful in the rain!
Lion topiary
The garden employs over 50 full time gardeners. This gardener is rappelling the side of this slope to trim the bushes.
Leaves beginning to change
Not sure what the story of the boar is?
Magical pathway through the flower gardens
Rain nymph
Japanese Gardens
The Star Pond was created for Mr. Butchart's collection of ornamental ducks.
The largest begonias ever!
Serene Tom
How true is this? It was a good thing Barney and Millie did not see this sign. They snoozed comfortably back in their new home, the Unit.
Wow...I could visit these gardens every day!
On to Sooke and the Pacific Rim Park...
Location:Victoria, BC, Canada
I thought that lion topiary was Mimi when I first saw it!
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