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The Butchart Gardens on Vancouver Island, B.C.
Visitor center and concession building near the entrance.
Interpretive signs are scattered around the gardens.
The Sunken Gardens used to be an old limestone quarry.
The Sunken Garden.
The history of the Butchart Gardens dates back to the early 1900s.
Lantana blooms in the Butchart Gardens.
Old mining equipment in the Sunken Garden.
A variety of plants in the Butchart Gardens.
The Sunken Garden.
Lacecap Hydrangeas in bloom in the Butchart Gardens.
The Rose Carousel in the Butchart Gardens.
The Rose Carousel.
Bright summer dahlia blooms in the gardens.
Totem pole carved by Tsartlip and Tsawout First Nations' artists.
Crocosmia blooms in the Butchart Gardens.
Maps are located throughout the gardens.
The gardens with a view of Tod Inlet in the distance.
The Butchart's family house is now used as a restaurant.
The Star Pond in the Butchart Gardens.
Summer blooms in the garden.
Anzelina Coodey
Photo Date:
08/01/2013
An impressive water display at the Butchart Gardens.
Anzelina Coodey
Photo Date:
08/01/2013
Japanese Garden in the Butchart Gardens.
Anzelina Coodey
Photo Date:
08/01/2013
Japanese Garden in the Butchart Gardens.
Anzelina Coodey
Photo Date:
08/01/2013
Japanese maple seeds.
Anzelina Coodey
Photo Date:
08/01/2013
Oxalis.
Anzelina Coodey
Photo Date:
08/01/2013
Fuschia.
Anzelina Coodey
Photo Date:
08/01/2013
Begonia.
Anzelina Coodey
Photo Date:
08/01/2013
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