Today was a Butchart Gardens day where we were to celebrate parent's anniversary and enjoy my name's day. The weather was once again perfect - around 75 (20) or so and sunny. We arrived in the gardens around ten and spent the next three hours walking around these beautiful grounds. 
They have several main areas out of which the Sunken Garden was my favorite. Until about 1906 this area was used as a limestone quarry and once the limestone was exhausted the wife of the entrepreneur, Mrs. Butchart converted the depleted land into beautiful gardens and piece by piece she established the base for what is there now. The Sunken garden is where the bottom of the quarry once usde to be.We were lil worried that there wouldn't be too much to see, but we were pleasantly surprised by the colorful masterpice that awaited u
s. There were blooming tulips, forget-me-nots, rhododdendrons, lilacs, pansies, azaleas, magnolias... and that's jsut a few that I knew the names of.
Mom admired all of the wonderful japanese maples and by the end of the walk she convinced Dad to add four more trees to her collection of 27 (at least I believe that was the last count) japanese mapels that she already has.
s. There were blooming tulips, forget-me-nots, rhododdendrons, lilacs, pansies, azaleas, magnolias... and that's jsut a few that I knew the names of.We had reservation for an afternoon tea at one so we had to end our tour through the gardens and find our way to the restaurant. I have personally never had high tea... but it was a wonderful experience. The girls enjoyed the tea and all it in
volved while the boys decided to stick with the regular lunch menu. The food was wonderful and it was a fantastic experience. Although we did agree it was good that we didn't opt for the High tea at the Empress hotel where the atmosphere is lil bit more uptight... that realization was based on my husband taking Lucka's plate and wanted to lick it so she couldn't use it and Lucka in turn taking his forks and knife and pretending to wipe her arm pits with them... yep... over all a very classy company we are :o).
In the afternoon Mom & I took a nap while Lucka and Chris went to get me flowers for my name's day and after that... Lucka took a nap while Chris & I went for a two hour bike ride, this time up north while Mom & Dad enjoyed a wonderful walk around the neighborhood discussing fiture japanese maple purchases.
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Glad to read you had an enjoyable time at The Gardens. You'll have to come back in summer and see all the changes in flowers, take an evening stroll with the Night Illuminations offering a different perspective, listen to the evening entertainment (starting July 4), or perhaps even take a boat tour in our 12-passenger electric boat. If it's a summer Saturday night you'll be able to enjoy the great firework displays too.
Then you'll need to have those naps for sure.
Of course, after your rests you
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