Hello all, I will be visiting Vancouver in the last week of May and I am soliciting suggestions for gardens to visit. Previous posts on the list-serve suggested: Butchart Gardens, Victoria Van Dusen Botanical Garden UBC botanical Garden Stanley Park in Vancouver The Sun Yat Sen Garden in Vancouver's Chinatown Minter Gardens (On Granville Island As we are staying near English Bay Beach it looks like Stanley Park will be within walking distance. For more distant locations we are hoping to rely on public transportation and or taxi/uber if needed. I realize that a ferry and bus tour are needed for Butchart. Any other suggestions would be most welcome. Many thanks. Mike McCaffery On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 11:11 AM, Sue Evanetz <sevanetz@telus.net> wrote: > Metchosen near Victoria is carpeted with erythronium about that time > > > On Mar 12, 2018, at 11:43 AM, Paul Tropheus <paultropheus@hotmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Thank you so much everyone for these ideas. I really appreciate it. > > > > ________________________________________ > > From: pbs <pbs-bounces@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> on behalf of > Nicholas plummer <nickplummer@gmail.com> > > Sent: 12 March 2018 12:34:44 > > To: Pacific Bulb Society > > Subject: Re: [pbs] Vancouver area-bulb sites of interest? Last two weeks > of April > > > > I would second (or third) the recommendation of VanDusen Botanical > Garden. > > It was very impressive last summer. Lynn Canyon Park has beautiful > trails > > and is a very convenient place to see a natural ecosystem if you don't > have > > a car to get out of the city. Butchart Garden was beautifully > landscaped, > > but the plants weren't as interesting as those in VanDusen, IMO. > However, > > the ferry ride from Tsawwassen out to Victoria, winding among many > islands, > > is utterly gorgeous and would be worthwhile even if there weren't > anything > > to see at the other end. We were lucky enough to see a pod of orcas, > > although that isn't guaranteed. > > > > Nick > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com//…. > pacificbulbsociety.net%2Fcgi-bin%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo% > 2Fpbs&data=02%7C01%7C%7C8b6fa5a3c19b4b86c7bd08d58815a54c% > 7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636564548898425980&sdata= > zkWKllZNl0uSmx%2FXmHpzJ5kslPd30x3L2FTocH4Ebig%3D&reserved=0 > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…