The Brenda Photo Challenge, 5-22-10 - FLOWERS

Oh, my goodness, when I did my post after midnight this morning, I had forgotten all about the Brenda Photo Challenge!  I've never participated in it before and this month's theme is flowers!

Of course, as usual, I left things to the last minute.  I do have a few flower pictures so I'm going to post now though I'm not at all sure how to get it in....

The Butchart Gardens pictures, I've posted before.

Today's Flowers Contribution

I've just discovered a site, called Today's Flowers, where Sunday contributors, world-wide, post the most gorgeous pictures of nature's masterpieces.  It's done via Mister Linky's Magical Widgets.  If you've got any roses, petunias, orchids, or pretty weeds to share, join the crowd!

Where flowers bloom so does hope.
-  Lady Bird Johnson, Public Roads: Where Flowers Bloom

Butchart Gardens, Brentwood Bay, British Columbia, Canada

 Rhododendrons and Narcissus

Butchart Gardens, Brentwood Bay, British Columbia

In the midst of all our Christmas preparations, I was going through my photographs and came across some of one of my favorite spots on earth, Butchart Gardens, on Vancouver Island, at Brentwood Bay in British Columbia.  Since I moved to the San Francisco area a little over thirty years ago, I've been to the Seattle, Vancouver and Victoria area at least twenty times and, many of those trips, have included a stop at Buchart Gardens.  While my favorite time to visit the Gardens is in late June when the roses are blooming, it is always spectacular.  

Butchart Gardens maintains an informative website with information about events, their different growing seasons, the restaurants, the gardens history, wedding planning, their online store and much more.  Check it out at: http://www.butchartgardens.com

Here are just a few of my pictures from one of my visits.  They do not really do the Gardens justice!