Japanese Garden in Montreal

Q: Does one have to go to Japan to visit a Japanese Garden? A: No (but it would be a great trip wouldn’t it!) Canada has several authentic Japanese Gardens. There are the Botanical Gardens in Montreal, Butchart Gardens in Victoria BC, Devonian Gardens near Edmonton Alberta, and the Japanese Gardens in Lethbidge Alberta, to […]

Japanese Gardens in Lethbridge

Almost fifty years ago Prince and Princess Takamatsu opened the Japanese Gardens in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. The year was 1967 and Canada was celebrating its centenary. In 1992 Prince and Princess Takamado visited to celebrate the garden’s twenty-fifth anniversary. In 2017, when Canada celebrates its 150th birthday, the gardens will be fifty years old. An invitation for another […]

Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

When we told a friend we were spending a week in Lethbridge her response was (and I quote!) A week! What on earth will you do there? Well, we found a lot to do! Our home for the week was at a lovely timeshare in Paradise Canyon…down in a coulee next to the Oldman River, […]

Japanese Gardens, Butchart Gardens

Japanese landscape designer, Isaburo Kishida, expertly assisted Mrs. Butchart when she began the Japanese Garden in 1906. Let’s have a look at it today. Pass through these gates to enter the gardens. Very authentic looking, isn’t it. As you walk down into the gardens there are picture perfect scenes everywhere you turn. Trees, shrubs, rocks…all complement […]