VICTORIA, CANADA PART 5

SEPTEMBER 20th

VISITING THE BUTCHART GARDENS

ENTRANCE TO THE ITALIAN GARDENS

THE STAR POND(actually shaped as a star)

 THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE HEDGES AS THEY FIRST PLANTED THEM

BEFORE

TWO ARCHES LEADING INTO THE ITALIAN GARDENS

AFTER

 INSIDE THE ITALIAN GARDENS

 THE GROUNDS USED TO BE THE BUTCHARTS TENNIS

COURT AND THE BUILDING THEIR BOWLING ALLEY

 THE OUTSIDE OF THE ORIGINAL HOME

 EVENING TIME

LEAVING VICTORIA

WE DROVE BACK TO MC CHORD AND SPENT THE NIGHT ON BASE

THE NEXT DAY WE RETURNED THE RENTAL CAR AND HOPPED

THE PLANE TO HEAD BACK HOME

IT WAS A QUICK, BUT FUN TRIP

VICTORIA, CANADA PART 4

SEPTEMBER 20th
VISITING THE BUTCHART GARDENS

THE JAPANESE GARDEN

A peak hole looking out onto the 

Butcharts own Private Water Cove, the Saanich Inlet, Brentwood Bay

Boats and Sea Planes can use this area

 ON OUR WAY TO THE ITALIAN GARDENS

VICTORIA, CANADA PART 3

SEPTEMBER 20th
VISITING THE BUTCHART GARDENS
ON OUR WAY TO THE ROSE GARDEN

 

THE ROSE GARDEN

 

 

 JUST A FEW ROSES OUT OF THOUSANDS

These roses were brought hear and planted over the years from all over the world.

Some of my favorites were from Denmark, Germany, England and France.

 

   

 

 We are still in the Rose Garden, it is just a little cove area

On our way to the Japanese Garden

All the paths between the gardens were full of walls, foliage and flowers

THE STURGEON FOUNTAIN

Near the Japanese Garden