Come To the Garden
by Lucinda Walter
Title
Come To the Garden
Artist
Lucinda Walter
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Photograph - Photographs, Photography, Digital Art, Fine Art
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Come To the Garden by Lucinda Walter
This is the gorgeous start of the beautiful Butchart Gardens, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. What a beautiful garden and the display here was only the beginning.
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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. 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 Italian Garden
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. 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. 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.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butchart_Gardens
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Comments (33)
Gary F Richards
Spectacular Butchart Gardens composition, lighting, shading, colors and artwork! Congratulations on your beautiful moving Special Feature! F/L
Maria Faria Rodrigues
Congratulations! Your amazing master piece is part, of a SPECIAL FEATURE SERIES; and, featured, to accompany: LOVE ENDURES, award winner, photograph, of the GEORGE F. G. STANLEY AWARD SPECIAL FEATURE, in the Red Maple Gallery, homepage group, of Fine Art America, for the month of July, 2023.
Jerry Bokowski
What a gorgeous garden, Lucinda. Beautiful place to take a stroll!...fav / like
Lucinda Walter replied:
Jerry, thank you very much. My husband was even impressed with this garden and it takes much to impress him when I drag him to any type of gardens :) Many thanks again.
Christiane Behrmann
For sure a most beautiful garden, Lucinda!!! Very healing energy! Fantastic capture!
Lucinda Walter
Thank you very much Maria Faria Rodrigues for the feature in the group Red Maple Gallery 10/17/2020 I'm honored.
Maria Faria Rodrigues
Congratulations, your amazing photograph is Featured, in the RED MAPLE GALLERY, homepage group, of Fine Art America!
Reynold Jay
Hi Lucinda! I love all you do! Beautiful every time I visit! This one is gorgeous as can be. FAVORITE F/L
Lucinda Walter
Thank you very much Dora Sofia Caputo Photographic Art and Design for the feature in the group the Visions Of Spring - Glances Of Summer - 7/12/2017 I'm honored
Lucinda Walter
Thank you very much Robyn King for the feature in the group The World We See. 3/14/2017 I'm honored
Lucinda Walter
Thank you very much Lenore Senior for the feature in the groupOld Masters - Photographers And Digital Arts 2/12/2017 I'm honored
Lucinda Walter
Thank you very much Ralph Klein for the feature in the group Photographers From Around The World 2/11/2017 I'm honored
Ralph Klein
Congratulations. Your beautiful work has been featured on the HP of PHOTOGRAPHERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD. Thank you very much for sharing. Beautiful work and great capture. I like it.
Petra Theodoridou
Terrific garden view, Lucinda!!! Amazing variety of green and flowers, great viewpoint and clarity, so well done!LF
Ann Horn
What a perfect view of a glorious garden. Love the circular gardens and the circular path encircled by the forest green. f/l/tw
Donna Kennedy
Lucinda, Congratulations on your Special Highlighted Artist of the Week Feature in WFS!!!...L