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In the 12 years we lived in Seattle, my parents only made one trip to visit. We took them on a trip to Beautiful Victoria BC and Butchart Gardens. This first page has a short history about the garden - sorry it's in brown ink so you might not can read it - and a photo of Mom, Dad & Me on the Dahlia Walk. Photos do not do justice to these gardens!
Journaling: Butchart Garden's History
In 1888, near his birthplace, Owen Sound, Ontario, the former dry goods merchant, Robert Butchart, began manufacturing Portland cement. By the turn of the century he had become a highly successful pioneer in this burgeoning North American industry. Attracted to the West Coast of Canada by rich limestone deposits vital for cement production, he built a factory at Tod Inlet, on Vancouver Island near Victoria, British Columbia. There, in 1904, he and his family established their home.
Environmental Pioneers
As Mr. Butchart exhausted the limestone in the quarry near their house, his enterprising wife, Jennie, conceived an unprecedented green plan for refurbishing the bleak pit. From farmland nearby she requisitioned tons of top soil, had it brought to Tod Inlet by horse and cart, and used it to line the floor of the abandoned quarry. Little by little, under Jennie Butchart's supervision, the abandoned quarry blossomed into the spectacular Sunken Garden.
I glued a piece of Jute around the photo to frame it and hid the cut edge with one of the chipboard flowers.
No products have been added to this project.
Thanks for spreading positivity!
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