Showing posts with label Spring Prelude. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spring Prelude. Show all posts
Friday, March 16, 2012
Butchart Gardens February 17, 2012
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Butchart Gardens January 21, 2012
Once again it's time for Butchart's indoor 'Spring Prelude' garden. It never comes too soon for me, so to open the door and feel the warmth and smell the fragrance in the air is heavenly.
Indoor Garden
A new fountain which has water running into the centre.
They really went to town with the logs in the pond this year.
Spheres were here in this Japanese garden area last year.
Outside
Outside was not so nice! Brrr.
Historical Display
Back inside to the Historical Display. I didn't take pictures of the pool room because I've done that before.
I have taken pictures of the croquet set before, but they're one of my favourite things and they're not out every year. It's nice to see the music boxes on display this time as well.
Indoor Garden
Outside
Monday, April 18, 2011
Butchart Gardens March 29, 2011
Outside
At last, some early tulips make an appearance in the garden.
Inside
This was our last visit to the Spring Prelude indoor garden, which finished at the end of March.
A lone illuminated flower.
Wondeful wisteria.
Ah, the springtime fragrance of hyacinths.
At last, some early tulips make an appearance in the garden.
Inside
This was our last visit to the Spring Prelude indoor garden, which finished at the end of March.
A lone illuminated flower.
Wondeful wisteria.
I don't know the name of this tiny pink flower.
Ah, the springtime fragrance of hyacinths.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Butchart Gardens March 23, 2011
Outside
Crocuses! So nice to see in the ground, in pots, anywhere.
And a splash of orange in a planter.
Inside - the Spring Prelude garden
Crocuses! So nice to see in the ground, in pots, anywhere.
And a splash of orange in a planter.
Inside - the Spring Prelude garden
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Butchart Gardens March 13, 2011
This was our first visit this year to the historical display, although we have been other years. One thing I missed this year was the old-time croquet set, which was left stored away because people had been handling it too much.
The bone-shaped pieces were for testing the quality of cement. (Before being transformed into a garden, this property had been used as a limestone quarry for the family's cement factory back in the early 1900's.) We were told that these pieces can still be found on the beach of the inlet by the gardens.
Above: a photo I had not seen before and some old standards - the billiard table and a couple of music boxes.
It was cold and wet outside so back in we went to the Spring Prelude garden.
The bone-shaped pieces were for testing the quality of cement. (Before being transformed into a garden, this property had been used as a limestone quarry for the family's cement factory back in the early 1900's.) We were told that these pieces can still be found on the beach of the inlet by the gardens.
Above: a photo I had not seen before and some old standards - the billiard table and a couple of music boxes.
It was cold and wet outside so back in we went to the Spring Prelude garden.
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