The Buchart Gardens BC canada

 About 30 years ago i heard about these amazing gardens on the west coast of Canada. I put them on my bucket list . As you may have read I finally got to visit there with Lauren and Kieran last week. During that visit Lauren did the math and easily persuaded me to buy a 12 month pass , knowing that I had  time to visit at least twice more before leaving here in june . Yesterday I went for my second visit and during those 7  days,  plants had grown and color was more evident  and abundant besides. Special notice was the hyacinth that were  in full bud; the daffodil family were abundantly yellow everywhere and now more plants were hinting at their spring show. This visit was with my "relatives" from Winnipeg who came to visit .

I also took them to see Sitting Lady Waterfalls that is just a short hike form the house . Neighbors who live here said that they have never seen so much water here . Last week there was a weather front that brought 48 hours of non stop rain!!!

Sitting Lady Falls 

The sunken garden at Buchart Gardens 


cherry blossom is everywhere and in the foreground are thousands of tulips about to bloom.

Tulipa gesneriana or Didier tulip

vibrant green moss covered most trees like this in the 
Japanese Garden

view across the sunken garden


a topiary version of butterfly!!

monkey Puzzle tree-

hyacinth for Beth T. 

One giant 100 year old Sequoia Tree with Ardith & Randy

camilia 

Hellebores and moss 

A hole cut in the hedge peeks a view of the water and boats beyond Buchart Gardens

Pruned to perfection as if sculptures 

This Arbutus tree is  a close neighbour to the waterfall.

an iris for Beth T.








forget the name but what amazing form and color .

The birch has split the bark revealing its inner core .

Comments

  1. BarbaraApril 3, 2025 at 10:06 AM

    The beauty of nature never ceases to amaze me!

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  2. AnnieApril 6, 2025 at 1:19 AM

    Beautiful - I’ve not heard of these gardens - there’ll be something new each time you go. I love the hole in the hedge with its view - very Japanese.

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  3. BethApril 9, 2025 at 9:45 PM

    thanks for all the purple flowers!

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