Fall in the Butchart Gardens,
is a visual feast.
As tree leaves turn,
flowers burn,
triumphant,
in their in their fall finale.
An autumnal pageant,
before winter sleep.
Cheers to you from the Butchart Gardens in Victoria Canada~
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Stunning captures of a stunning garden. I love Butchart Gardens and your captures do them justice!! Thanks for sharing!
I am honored! Thank you~
What stunning gardens, Cynthia. Must take a very large team to keep that landscaping in perfect condition.
Your images are excellent and really show the details very well.
Thanks so much Vicki and I share your amazement at the amount of work a garden like this would require!
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Cindy Knoke hails us from the Butchart Gardens in Victoria Canada with her exquisite photography. Flowers are so delicate and pure, offering brilliant beauty and asking nothing in return. Cindy has captured their divine essence. I hope you’ll visit her blog for the full experience ❤
Blogging is such a major privelege because the community of bloggers worldwide are the most peaceful, thinking, creating, caring people that I have ever met in such concentrated and large numbers. I never would have thought it possible. It really never ceases to amaze me. We connect virtually from all over the world. We share whatever we want to and we are heard, seen, resonated with, and are equally dazzled by the creativity of each other, and the community.
It is the most surprising gift.
Thank you Tina for showing us why we are good.
Beautiful captures Cindy!! Thanks for the memories of my first time 💛
So sweet Val, makes me smile. Lots of ‘first times’ mentioned here, and atypically for first times, they all are consistently positive! 🌸🌸🌸
The first time I wasn’t there I cried .. the colors and patterns were so beautiful! May all fits be so heart opening 💛
Indeed. As Monet knew, gardens are good for your hearts and minds~ <3
Oh, you went there – hurray! So beautiful, thanks for sharing these lovely views! <3
I thought of you when you mentioned the horticultural garden, so I thought of you again when I did this post. I wasn’t sure if this is what you meant. We are home now, but I always go here first, and have yet to visit in spring. I am glad you knew I should go here. Best to you dear Eliza~ 🌸🌸
🙂
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So appreciated and so thoughtful of you. Thank you.
una vera delizia per gli occhi! e che verde intenso!
Tu sei così gentile e così apprezzato. Grazie e tutto il meglio per voi. 🌸🌸🌸
What a time to visit Butchart Gardens! The last time I visited was when I was in my early teens! Like others here, I have you to thank for this lovely trip down Memory Lane. I also have to mention that the contrasting colors of the flowers in the 4th image from the top make them seem to emanate a warm inner glow. Beautiful! <3
I saw your name, hadn’t read your comment yet, when I thought, “Maybe Lynn has posted something….”
So I went to see, I am smiling as I write this, “disagreeable Lynn.”
You are a joy to me.
Keep thinking, and feeling.
I am going to go see what you mean about photo 4.
Live long and prosper my dear friend Lynn.
Magnificent pictures, Cindy. Thanks for sharing. 🙂 — Suzanne
Thank you much for your thoughtful appreciation & cheers to you~
That is one amazing garden!
It has to be one of the best I have seen in the world. Cheers to you & pleased you enjoyed!
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That time of the week when stunning images pop up on my screen and I know that they can only be from Cindy Knoke.. this is no exception… Butchart Gardens Victoria Canada.. definitely on our wish list when we make the trip over.. Head over and indulge yourself in colour.
I am happy you have added Vancouver Island and Butchart to your bucket list. You will be glad you did. Hugs to you Sally for your friendship & support~
How stunning!
It is just that! Glad you enjoyed & cheers~
Lovely
Monet would feel right at home!
Wunderschön liebe Grüße von mir und Umarmung Gislinde
Wunderbar zu horen von Ihnen Gislinde und danke mein lieben Freund~ 🌸🌸🌸
Wow… absolutely beautiful!!!
Thank you and so pleased you enjoyed!
That’s a stunning fall garden, Cindy. My grandmother’s garden was designed to look pretty during each season; it’s an art and labor of love, I think. I’m afraid I didn’t inherit the talent and just get to marvel and enjoy the work of others. 🙂
Yes those types of garden require careful planning and upkeep but the results are a joy to behold. My grandfather had one too. Our two grandparents probably would have gotten along well. People who share passions often do!
We have a Botanical Garden where I live, but it is not nearly as stunning as the one in your photos!
I think very few are and Butchart is rightly famous~
Spectacular shots — thanks for letting me enjoy them, too!!
I love traveling with you Debbie! <3 🌸
One of my favorite travel destinations. Beautiful photos, Cindy. I’ve been once in late spring (in the rain) and twice on a hot summer day. I would love to go in the fall and winter too. Did you have tea?
I have before, but not this time. Counting the calories precludes it I’m afraid. Spring is the only season I haven’t visited and I imagine it must be spectacular~ 🌸
These gardens are a visual feast, Cindy! Beautiful photos, and thank you for taking us along on this virtual tour.
Sharing the experience with thoughful people like you makes for a richer experience, so thank you Lavinia~ <3🌸
How absolutely stunning! Eyecandy flowers. I love flora, fauna, and your descriptive prose. Thank you for another beautiful journey, Cindy.
Thank you for joining me Nancy, you enhance the experience! <3 🌸
Thank you! <3
These pictures are absolutely beautiful. They brought a calmness just looking at them!
That is so good. Our psyches need calming images of beauty and nature. We were made to live in nature, not to be bombarded daily with tons of horrific news and images.
That is so true! Thank you for brightening up my world today! Your beautiful pictures are a wonderful reminder of the power of nature.
Highly motivating. Thank you!
You really have a very lovely blog!
<3 <3
Wow, Cindy! It doesn’t look like Autumn has come to Canada – these are beautiful summer photos! Love your phrase – ‘An Autumnal Pageant’.
I was pretty amazed by the amount of blooming too for fall. So glad you enjoyed the pageant. It seemed like one to me. Cheers & thank you Annika~ <3
Magnificent!
I was just over at your blog reading about Bills boxer shorts. I’m still pondering this……. 😉 😉
Heavenly! It’s even more beautiful than 10 years ago when we visited there…
Thank you so much, Cindy for the tour. 🙂 <3
You are most welcome Amy. Everyone remembers when they went to Butchart. It leaves a lasting impression~ 🌸🌸🌸
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so spectacular this garden
thank you so much for sharing so beautiful captureskisses
Thank you for the thoughtful appreciation & cheers to you~
oh welcome dear
Kisses
Those colours are spectacular, almost unreal in their vividness.
I used no enhancement. This is how they look. I agree. They are spectacular gardens~
Look at all those colors! So vibrant! Hmmm….you gave us an idea for our garden. 🙂
Wonderful! <3
Magic vibrant colors. What a beautiful view.
Very tied garden 😉
I do love the Butchart gardens… any time of the year, Cindy, and you have captured the reason why! Of course I also love Victoria and the rest of Vancouver Island. 🙂 –Curt
It is an incredibly beautiful island isn’t it. The northern island is chock full of wild things so I love it too~
I bet… 🙂
Bonjour ou bonsoir CINDY très joli ces jardins de fleurs
Ce jour au soir deux étoiles
Vont tomber du ciel
Une sera remplit de sagesse
L’autre sera chargé de tendresse
Au loin dans le ciel une brille , celle de notre pacte d’amitié
Je te souhaite une merveilleuse journée ou soirée
Tiens au passage je te chante une mélodie , celle de mon cœur
Bisous , Bernard
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Merci beaucoup mon ami Bernard!
Of all the gardens I have walked through this one has to be the best 🙂
Yes, it is definitely in the top!
Truly a visual feast 🙂 thanks for sharing.
Thank you for the kind appreciation!
Wow, a feast for the eyes!
Indeed and the camera just ate it all up! 😉
So lovely and colorful
Thanks and Happy Friday to you dear Lyn~
Thanks
Just stunned by all the color you captured. Wow! A feast for the eyes! Thank you, Cindy! <3
Thank you more for such a lovely comment and Happy Friday!
Cindy, We were at Butchart a month ago. Your perfectly captured photos gave me the joy of visiting it again!
We may have been there at the same time! How wonderful!
Stunning Cindy,a true Autumnal symphony
So wonderful to hear from you my dear Pauline. Love and all good wishes to you and Jack. <3
I love all the beautifully coloured flowers.
I am so happy you do & cheers to you~
Fabulous photographs, Cindy. I just had to share that on Facebook – it will cheer us all up with the approach of winter, although that season has its own particular beauty.
I am touched Jean. Thank you! We need beautiful images in this too often ugly world. Cheers to you my friend~ <3
Oh Cindy, how very beautiful, I shared it to pint Sherris garden
and share to sherris sharing.. so beautiful
huggs
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So Beautifull Cindy!!!
Hugs to you dear Sherri and sending you vases of virtual bouquets! <3
Beautiful Cindy.
Merci beaucoup!
A floral beauty pageant! Your photos bring back many memories of the years I lived in B.C. TY, Cindy!
BC is one of the most beautiful places on earth!
Truly!!!!
Stunning. Those lily pads were laid out like stepping stones. For a water fairy to tread, no doubt. 😉
Sounds like you have a poem in the making!
LOL Always.
Such a beautiful green and colourful garden! Full of happiness! 🙂
Tranquility, peacefulness and happiness, yes!
And all these reflects in your own beauty too! 🙂
And your beauty too of course, for recognizing and noting the positives in life. We are lucky aren’t we, to meet such amazing people here in blogdom. I feel extremely priveleged to be a part of this small-world international community because it allows me to meet people like you. <3
Yes we are really lucky! I too feel the same as I here we can interact like minded people all over the world! Its so good to meet, know and talk to you! Stay connected! 🙂
Visa versa 2UX2!
Stunning! I wonder what it looks like in the spring?
I don’t know but I would like to see it!!
Me too!
<3
thanks Cindy– loved the color and forms of the garden. I’ve seen photos of it over the years, but have never been. It’s on my travel list, and even more now! Hope all’s well with you blog-friend!! xo
And you my dear blogging friend. We are so lucky aren’t we, to have found this amazing unexpected community of creative, kind people? <3 <3
Agree! It was a satisfying hobby– and love all your photos add to it!! hugs!
Merci beaucoup mon ami!
Beautiful vibrant Garden!!
Thanks so much and cheers to you!