This annual event is close to my heart. GJ and I rode our bikes, as we usually do, getting to 11 of the 14 gardens. The weather was just perfect. Here are some highlights:
Our first stop, a perfect little garden in Fairfield very near the ocean.
Happy bee.
A lovely water garden in Fairfield.
Mirrors create depth and highlight a pretty collection of blue and white pottery.
Such fun! An outdoor train set, all decorated for the Garden Tour.
Obligatory perfect rose. This garden in Fairfield was full of them, so many varieties.
Several gardens on the tour this year had prominent potato vine. So pretty.
One garden in Oak Bay had an amazing bed of lavender, probably at least 12×5 feet.
A garden in Oak Bay with a steep slope allows for layers of plantings and many beautiful vantage points.
Keeping bees in a beautiful garden in the Oaklands neighbourhood.
Foxgloves and mock orange blossoms; some to the food for those Oaklands bees.
A little secret path to nowhere.
A magnificent eucalyptus tree.
Sunlight makes these poppies glow.
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