Colorific!
29 August 2014 | The Butchart Gardens
Maggie
"Colorific" is the name of one of the 2500 roses in the Rose garden at Butchart Gardens just north of Victoria.
And colorific is the best adjective I could think of to describe our visit there.
The story behind the gardens is delightful, them having been dreamed up and creatd by Jennie Butchart,the wife of a cement magnate, who desperately wanted to give back to the earth where her husband dug out their own wealth. She planted the gardens to cover the gaping holes created by the quarries of limestone... and they've remained in the family and been open to the public for over a hundred years.
I was in heaven...
the beauty and splendor and color and smells of the gardens are impossible to capture in a few words...
or in photos...
this is a place to pack a picnic and a book and stay a lovely long while.
I'm so glad we did.