Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ubc-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!alberta!ubc-vision!ubc-cs!ludemann From: ludemann@ubc-cs.UUCP (Peter Ludemann) Newsgroups: net.garden Subject: Re: Botanical Gardens Message-ID: <1218@ubc-cs.UUCP> Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 01:52:18 EDT Article-I.D.: ubc-cs.1218 Posted: Thu Aug 15 01:52:18 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Aug-85 04:47:16 EDT References: <857@mtuxo.UUCP> <329@zaphod.UUCP> Reply-To: ludemann@ubc-cs.UUCP (Peter Ludemann) Organization: UBC Department of Computer Science, Vancouver, B.C., Canada Lines: 22 In article <329@zaphod.UUCP> dkatz@zaphod.UUCP (Dave Katz) writes: > >A definite must is the Bouchard Gardens near Victoria on Vancouver >Island, British Columbia, Canada. Uh... I grew up in Victoria, and we always called it Butchart Gardens. Anyway, it is nice. There're also quite pleasant evening concerts with all kinds of flood lighting - summer only. The VanDusen Garden in Vancouver is more sedate but it does go quite a bit into more local flora. Also, the University of B.C. has various plantings around the campus plus an authentic Japanese garden done using local plants (for Japanese gardens in Japan, the list of good ones is rather long. If anyone is interested, I can recommend a few). -- ludemann%ubc-vision@ubc-cs.uucp (ubc-cs!ludemann@ubc-vision.uucp) ludemann@cs.ubc.cdn ludemann@ubc-cs.csnet Peter_Ludemann@UBC.mailnet