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Post Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 5:59 pm   Van Dusen Gardens

I just went to Van Dusen gardens today with my mom , grandma and sister, and it was AWESOME!

The entire park was HUGE! We took two hours to get everywhere!

As we stepped out onto the wooden deck there were lots of plants and intricate decorations for sale.

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Right under the deck was a small pond with lots of different kind of lilies with a mother duck and her two small ducklings. They must have been used to human company since I could get very close to them.
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We went past this flowerbed with LOTS of purpley flowers
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After walking a bit, we come by this ENORMOUS pond/lake. By the edge were the hungry mouths of carp, opening their mouths wide at the surface.
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My sister points out some turtles basking on this mini-island in the middle of the pond.
Red ear sliders :D
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Then we go by more plants...
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Then we come upon ANOTHER pond, this one less bigger than the last one. I got VERY close to a basking YBS
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One of the many leaves that gave us shade
:D
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There was also a maze in there, too! I got to the middle and out in 5 min, but my mom, grandma and sis took a lot longer :lol:
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They also kept bees there...
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trees and leaves :)
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I felt something watching me... :shock: :shock:
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Some VERY tiny little cacti growing in a rock planter.
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There was also a bonsai show going on there, too
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This one was awesome, it looked like it was uprooted by the wind...
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I like the colour on this one...
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and here's the overexcited dog greeting use after we came home from the Van Dusen Botanical Gardens.
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:D :D :D
Last edited by Tenodera on Sun Jun 03, 2007 10:58 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Post Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 6:14 pm   

Very fun. I love going to those exotic type gardens and walkin around. They just let your imagination fly!
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Post Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 7:34 pm   

I love the bonsai trees! When I bought Leo in NYC I also bought a mini bonsai-- it turned out to be a stick in a jar literally no wonder it was dead in a day... lol luckily Leo turned out to be a better purchase :-)
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Post Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 8:49 pm   

Wow wonderful photographs, that looks like a really beautiful place, wish I could visit
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Post Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 10:50 pm   

Beautiful pictures as always! :) I love baby ducklings too!
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Post Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 10:58 pm   

i always wanted to go through one of those mazes!
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Post Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 7:48 am   

Thanks for sharing, that was a very nice trip.....great photos!
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Post Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 10:23 am   Re: Van Dusen Gardens

Tenodera wrote:Image


for some reason this reminds me of koschei the deathless. it just seems like the fancy type of thing he'd hide his soul in.
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