Hatley Park - Japanese garden

Part 3

The Japanese garden looks the same as usual. Several gardeners were working there.

I can't remember what these purple and pink flowers are called but they are quite tiny and grow low to the ground. Update: the plant is Pulmonaria or Lungwort.

It's a good time of year for skunk cabbage apparently.

Sundial in the rose garden. I especially remember being here as a kid with my Grandmother. There is a wall on one side of this garden, and this visit was the first time I've ever been through the gate. On the other side is a house and greenhouses... and more gardeners.

This waterwheel used to be painted. When I was little I was fascinated by this "huge" waterwheel. Years later I went back and was shocked to find that it shrunk considerably. That's how it seemed once I was bigger anyway.

End of Hatley Park tour.

Sundial at Ogden Point

I love sundials. It was news to me that this one had been installed near the breakwater at Ogden Point this summer.

You may be asking, "Where is the dial part?" I've read that part is called a 'gnomon.'

Well, you're it. You stand on the line of the current month and your body casts the shadow to the time shown on the rim.