The Spring came to Victoria and we spent a great sunny afternoon at the Beacon Hill park. I really enjoy this park in the downtown Victoria since the first we came here in 2003. The horticultural significance of the gardens is in the way the hill that gives the park its name shelters the plants from the buffeting ocean breeze. This layout makes it possible to cultivate plants from drastically different climate zones, from tropical to alpine, in a single, compact park.
Anna was sleeping in here stroller, while we wondered around the petting zoo and photographed a freshly-painted totem pole that is claimed to be the tallest in the world (127.5 ft = 38.86 m). It was carved by Kwakwaka’wakw artists Mungo Martin, Henry Hunt and David Martin.
See our Victoria gallery.