Jill, Hope you have a hubby who likes to garden. I don't but that's OK. He is good for digging holes when I bring a shrub home and I have been sneaking in the occasional garden chore. We also compliment each other in that I am messy. I'll throw all the weeds on the lawn, leave buckets and shovels about, and the 200 ft hose all over. DH quietly goes about behind me and picks them up every once in a while. :O) All depending on the season, those (hosta gardens) are my favourite. You can't see them unless you are right there and sometimes I bring the rocker and set it on one of the stones and close my eyes. I've been known to fall asleep there. Linda, I bought those Alliums last fall and will have to search for the seeds when they ripen. Shouldn't be a problem. Just make sure you have room for the Inula. For one plant you need minimum 4 feet in diameter. I just noticed today that they reseeded and I'm placing all the new ones off to the side. El Gigantico garden coming up!! Now to go dig up another patch of lawn...

Just toured Butchart Gardens on friday night...WOW!!! We went at 6pm till about 9:30, there was music playing(a live concert) and it was practically surreal with the dusk lighting!!! No words to describe it, I didn't even take a picture as it wouldn't capture/do justice to the beauty!!! I have not been since I was a child(Born/raised/live 60 miles away)...Truly a sight that can overwhelm and inspire!!!

Most of these were taken from the top of the central rock in quarry. This rock can be seen in the first few pics. The best time to visit is in Spring. In summer you cannot move for tourists. They even have a night showing with all the gardens lit in coloured lights. www.butchartgardens.com Paste the link into your browser if you are interested. For those interested, also if you browser search you come up with a lot more sites. Doug. Image link:

Sorry again Doug, bumping down, others please look, these series of photos are fantastic, we just need to have some newer posts