Today friend of the GPOD Cherry Ong is taking us along to the Takata Japanese Garden at the Horticulture Center of the Pacific (HCP) in Victoria, British Columbia, which she visited in the peak of spring.
A stunning camellia (Camellia japonica, Zones 7–9) is loaded down with blooms.
The pavilion is finally complete! It was under construction when we visited last year.
I love this, which I think is a repurposed taiko drum.
A beautiful traditional Japanese gravel garden, raked for use in Zen meditation.
An elegant bridge arches through the garden, framed by the towering trees.
The Bonsai Garden is to die for! Even the display table is beautifully crafted.
A stunning bonsai tree, carefully pruned to recreate the form of a mature tree in miniature
The stream through the garden is lined with perennials and trees just pushing into spring growth.
Rhododendron ‘Moonstone’ (Zones 7–10)
Clouds of rhododendrons in bloom
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