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Butchart Gardens, Vancouver Island, Cananda

July 13, 2014 by shelley

Bob played in a Tennis Tournament at the Rocky Mountain Neurological Society’s meeting  (he took second place!), but I visited the world famous  Butchart Gardens.

Panoramic view Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Panoramic view Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

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Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Identifying plants Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Identifying plants Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Identifying plants Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

Identifying plants Butchart Gardens Vancouver Island, Canada

The Butchart Gardens is a group of floral display gardens in Brentwood Bay, British Columbia, Canada, located near Victoria on Vancouver Island. The gardens receive close to a million visitors each year. The gardens have been designated a National Historic Site of Canada due to their international renown.

Robert Pim Butchart (1856–1943) began manufacturing Portland cement in 1888 near his birthplace of Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada. He and his wife Jennie Butchart (1866–1950) came to the west coast of Canada because of rich limestone deposits necessary for cement production.

The Ross Fountain

In 1904, they established their home near his quarry on Tod Inlet at the base of the Saanich Peninsula on Vancouver Island. [2]

In 1907, 65 year old garden designer Isaburo Kishida of Yokohama came to Victoria, at the request of his son, to build a tea garden for Esquimalt Gorge Park. This garden was wildly popular and a place to be seen. Several prominent citizens, Jennie Butchart among them, commissioned Japanese gardens from Kishida for their estates. He returned to Japan in 1912.

In 1909, when the limestone quarry was exhausted, Jennie set about turning it into the Sunken Garden, which was completed in 1921. They named their home “Benvenuto” (“welcome” in Italian), and began to receive visitors to their gardens. In 1926, they replaced their tennis courts with an Italian garden and in 1929 they replaced their kitchen vegetable garden with a large rose garden to the design of Butler Sturtevant of Seattle. Samuel Maclure, who was consultant to the Butchart Gardens, reflected the aesthetic of the English Arts and Crafts Movement.

In 1939, the Butcharts gave the Gardens to their grandson Ian Ross (1918–1997) on his 21st birthday. Ross was involved in the operation and promotion of the gardens until his death 58 years later.

In 1953, miles of underground wiring was laid to provide night illumination, to mark the 50th anniversary of The Gardens. In 1964, the ever-changing Ross Fountain was installed in the lower reservoir to celebrate the 60th anniversary. In 1994, the Canadian Heraldic Authority granted a coat of arms to the Butchart Gardens. In 2004, two 30-foot (9.1 m) totem poles were installed to mark the 100th anniversary, and The Gardens were designated as a national historic site.

Ownership of The Gardens remains within the Butchart family; the owner and managing director since 2001 is the Butcharts’ great-granddaughter Robin-Lee Clarke. [3]

In 1982 the Butchart Gardens was used as the inspiration for the gardens at the Canadian pavilion opened at Epcot Centre in Orlando Florida.

In December, 2009 the Children’s Pavilion and the Rose Carousel were opened. The menagerie includes thirty animals ranging from bears, to horses, to ostriches, to zebras and mirrors the world from which The Gardens draws its visitors. The designs were hand picked by the owner, in consultation with an artist from North Carolina. The carvings were done by some of the few remaining carvers of carousel art. Each animal is carved from basswood and took many months to complete. There are also two chariots able to accommodate disabled persons.

 

Filed Under: Art, Travel Tagged With: Butchart Gardens, Canada, Vancouver Island

Rocky Mountain Neurological Society Meeting In Victoria, Vancouver Island, Canada at Bear Mountain Resort

July 13, 2014 by shelley

This years meeting of the Rocky Mountain Neurological Society was at Bear Mountain Resort Victoria Canada.

Bear Mountain Resort Victoria Canada

Bear Mountain Resort Victoria Canada

We visited Victoria

Victoria Harbor

Victoria Harbor

The Empress Hotel

Empress Hotel

Empress Hotel

Regarded on the Condé Nast Gold List and Travel + Leisure 500 Best Hotels of the World, The Fairmont Empress hotel in Victoria sits majestically in Victoria’s sparkling Inner Harbour and vibrant city centre. Since 1908, it has been Vancouver Island’s most celebrated resort.

Lounge of Empress Hotel

Lounge of Empress Hotel

During the summer months, The Fairmont Empress in Victoria, British Columbia, serves Afternoon Tea to more guests than most hotels in London, England. More than 800 people per day come to enjoy a tradition that  commenced when the hotel opened January 20, 1908.

Grounds of Empress Hotel

Grounds of Empress Hotel

Tea Room

Tea Room

Bengal Lounge

Bengal Lounge

Grounds of Empress

Grounds of Empress

Parliament Building in Victoria Canada

Parliament Building

Parliament Building

And some fun shopping

Shopping in Victoria

Shopping in Victoria

Filed Under: Family, Travel Tagged With: Afternoon Tea, Bear Mountain Resort, Canada, Empress Hotel, Parliament Building, Rocky Mountain Neurological Society, Victoria

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