We recently visited the Butchart Gardens near Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The gardens are justifiably world-famous. They are a wonder of color, variety and harmony. In 2004 the gardens were designated a National Historic Site of Canada. The 5 different gardens cover 55 acres, much of which is the site of a limestone quarry that supplied Mr. Butchart’s cement business.
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Jul 14
Butchart Gardens–The Sunken Garden
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Aug 12
Flowers Near Home–Pink Rose Petals
A final look at flowers near home. A rose in the front yard.
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Aug 12
Flowers Near Home–White Rose Petals
White and pink rose detail. Taken with a manual focus 55mm macro lens, June, 2012.
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Aug 12
Flowers Near Home–Pink Roses
Roses growing through a trellis in the front yard. Taken with a manual focus 55mm macro lens, June, 2012.
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Aug 12
Flowers Near Home–Cactus Flowers
I walk by a large spread of road-side cactus almost every day. Most of the year the cactus is dull green and forbidding, but in the spring these flowers add color.
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Aug 12
Flowers Near Home–Icelandic Poppy
This Icelandic poppy actually isn’t near home. It was growing in a front yard in Portland, Oregon. I had not seen that shade of pink before. May, 2012.
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Aug 12
Flowers Near Home–White Poppy
This poppy appears to be yellow but it is actually a pale white color. It is reflecting the yellow and orange of the surrounding poppies. Taken with a manual focus 55mm macro lens.
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Aug 12
Flowers Near Home–Poppy and Raindrops
The poppy covered with raindrops was from the backyard. I added a layer of paper texture and painted over the texture with a watercolor brush. April, 2012.
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Aug 12
Flowers Near Home–Dahlias
From San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park Dahlia Garden. September, 2011.