Just a Teaser - Butchart Gardens Perennials

Recent rains slowed down work in the garden but gave me a chance to browse through my photo archive to get some ideas and inspiration.
These are several pictures of perennials from Butchart Gardens which I never published.
By the way, the Butchart Gardens are included in
USA Today's short list for the "10 Best Readers'Choice travel award" in the Best Public Gardens category.
You can vote for your favorite garden (Here). The vote ends March 31st.
  

I hope you enjoyed the perennials and the views of Butchart Gardens.

Again, if you want to vote for your favorite garden, this is the link:
Vote for the best public garden

The whole list of gardens:
Bloedel Reserve (WA)
Brooklyn Botanic Garden (NY)
Butchart Gardens (Canada)
Callaway Gardens (GA)
Cheekwood Botanical Garden (TN)
Chicago Botanic Garden (IL)
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens (ME)
Denver Botanic Gardens (CO)
Desert Botanical Garden (AZ)
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden (FL)
Franklion Park Conservatory (OH)
Huntington Botanical Gardens (CA)
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden (VA)
Longwood Gardens (PA)
Missouri Botanical Garden (MO)
National tropical Botanical Garden (HI)
Portland Japanese Garden (OR)
Ruth Bankroft Garden (CA)
United States Botanic Garden (Washington, DC)
Wave Hill, (NY)

***Copyright 2014 TatyanaS

The Garden of the Great Depression. Cascades of Time, Alberta, Canada

         This garden, opened in the middle of the Great Depression, in 1936, is different.

 I can't recall any other garden that looks similar.

          It was designed by architect Harold C. Beckett as a geological garden reflecting the evolution of rocks and plants in Canada's Rockies.

          Canada's government financed the project with the condition that 'relief ' workers would be used on it. The financing lasted until the cost reached $50,000. 

          The project was never finished, but  even what was done is pretty impressive. 

As the sign in the next picture says, it's like a memorial to its designer, the laborers who built it, and that era.

I was lucky to visit the garden when there weren't  many other guests.
But, I read that it almost never  crowded and often gets overlooked by tourists.

The garden is framed by big mature trees, was built like a terrace and has extensive stonework.

They say it has about 50,000 plants.

           These garden structures are made from tree trunks with burls.
Burl is a tree growth, in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner. It can be caused by stress connected to an injury, virus or fungus.

                                                              I saw burls in Alaska, too.

                                                 The walk through the garden is enjoyable, and I had a chance to admire the 
                                                                                           surrounding mountains.

 The garden is maintained by the Banff National Park Service.

This is its administrative building:

If you visit Banff National Park, you might want to stop by
 and have a relaxing break in this garden given its interesting history.

***Copyright 2013 TatyanaS