Can't Describe It

I can't describe it and I wish and hope you all will see it, The Butchart Gardens. It is the Disney World of gardens because it is immaculate and spectacular around every turn, but their goal is that you never or rarely see a gardener. Every Petunia, Snapgragon and Rose has been deadheaded and cleaned up.

Mrs. Butchart built this garden on the destroyed area that was a limestone quarry after her husband's business had finished stripping it. The first picture is looking down into the reclaimed quarry. They now call it the "Sunken Garden". Thousands of tons of soil were hauled back in to create planting areas. For years she would serve tea herself to her guests who came to see her garden. They would often leave a dime under their cup thinking she was the servant staff. We hit a perfect day and took our time but didn't go back in for the evening lights because it gets dark so late. We avoided Sunday beacuse we thought the crowd would be immense....didn't work.... Tuesday was packed as well. We stopped at one of the 10 or so wineries and cideries in the area. Because of the cool, mild weather the grapes do not get the strong taste from the hull. We sampled some Kiwi wine fromthe Kiwi which also grows well here.