GPOD on the Road: The Gardens at HCP

Canadian gardens in a traditional Japanese style

It ’s exciting to confabulate a new garden , and this one did n’t disappoint . TheGardens at HCPconsists of 9 acres of demonstration gardens and 100 Acre of a conservation park . The garden were originally named the Horticulture Centre of the Pacific , then were rename Glendale Gardens and Woodlands , and now are know as the Gardens at HCP .

The Takata Nipponese Garden opened in 1998 and is the largest garden at HCP , with a Zen garden and a ceremonial tea home . The bonsai garden was established in 2013 . The late George Heffelfinger was a long - time HCP supporter and a key player in creating this garden . Several bonsai from his assemblage are on showing here . Some of the Vancouver Island Bonsai Society members volunteer their sentence maintaining this amazing garden .

Cherry visit this garden in the crepuscule , so the tree diagram were coloring up , adding an special layer of beauty to the garden .

urine features are almost always included in Japanese garden .

I bonk the arm - and - leaf aim on this wooden gate — such an interesting utilization of cocksure and disconfirming outer space !

In Japanese gardens , it is traditional to use staggered bridges like this or stepping stone rather than straight paths . The theme is to force you to slow down as you move through the garden so you take in all the details .

A beautiful view , looking upstream to the bridge and towering Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree beyond .

This bridge invite you to research more of the garden .

A traditional Japanese rock garden is design to invite you to sit and speculate .

A Japanese maple ( Acerpalmatum , Zones 5–9 ) bonsai colors up for fall .

A Turkish boxwood ( Buxusmicrophyllavar.compacta , Zones 6–9 ) bonsai

This finale - up of a crepe myrtle ( Lagerstromiaspecies , Zones 7–10 ) bonsai indicate the beautiful peeling bark meet in matured specimens of this specie , but in a miniature form .

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