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Douglas Hunt
Douglas Hunt Professional New Smyrna Beach, FL on Aug 14, 2012
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A visit to the Cascades of Time Garden, Banff, Canada

We had a family vacation to the Canadian Rockies last week and, while I went there anticipating awe-inspiring mountains and cerulean lakes, I did not expect to see dazzling flowers. From our first stroll through downtown Calgary, however, there were impressive displays indeed. The show reached its peak at the Cascades of Time Garden in Banff, which was designed by Harold Beckett, an Ontario architect, in the mid-1930s. This is one occasion when we should perhaps be thankful for a lack of funding, for what Beckett envisioned was a journey in time, in which pools—crafted from epoch-appropriate rocks— were to represent the main geological periods during which the Rocky Mountains were formed and would be connected by cascades of water, his “Cascades of Time.” There are no pools in the gardens today, and they may not be what Beckett hoped for, but, at their summer peak, there are thousands of flowers, and they are something to see.

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    The backdrop for the garden.
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    Ligularia and Adenophora.
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    There were Delphinium everywhere. Apparently what they like is an endless winter and 18-hour summer days.
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    Poppy power.
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    Cornflowers.
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    A beautiful stand of bicolor monkshood.
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    Part of the long border at the side of the garden.
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    A dazzling display of Salvias and Nepetas.
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  • Tina @ Repurposed Life Roff, OK
    Gorgeous!

    on Aug 14, 2012 · Like 0
  • Carroll A Coos Bay, OR
    I got to visit Banff a few years ago. What a beautiful place! Thanks for sharing your pics!
    on Aug 14, 2012 · Like 0
  • Dee W Rock Creek, OH
    How beautiful it all is! Thank-you for posting these.
    on Aug 14, 2012 · Like 0
  • Susan S Fredericksburg, VA
    Thank you for sharing your trip w/us Doug!
    on Aug 14, 2012 · Like 0
  • Marg C Middletown, NY
    the more I see of Canada the more I love. All my life I had never know that they have just as gorgeous of a summer as we do...maybe even more so. thanks for sharing these pictures with us.
    on Aug 14, 2012 · Like 1
  • Sherrie S Debary, FL
    Douglas, I went to Calgary, Canada in late September & it was beautiful and very cold - & I never saw anything so lovely as your pictures. Wrong time of year I guess.
    on Aug 14, 2012 · Like 1
  • Marg C Middletown, NY
    that's the impression I've always had of Canada Sherrie. Just downright cold with not much sun. I know they have very long winters :(
    on Aug 14, 2012 · Like 2
  • Cynthia Weber @ A Button ... Canada
    Canada is amazing! Vast and beautiful.
    on Aug 14, 2012 · Like 0
  • Heather B Lake Mary, FL
    I needed to see this...that kinda day. Thanks so much for posting this pic!
    on Aug 14, 2012 · Like 1
  • SheilaG, Plum Doodles Acworth, GA
    So beautiful, my heart almost hurts.
    on Aug 14, 2012 · Like 1
  • Sharron W Memphis, TN
    Oh my gosh thanks for sharing this, I really miss being close to the mountains, growing up no matter where we lived I could see the mountains in the distance....they really do have flora and fauna like no other place....Those poppies were amazing as is the monkshood and delphniums!
    on Aug 15, 2012 · Like 0
  • Becky H Tampa, FL
    Love to see large gardens! Beautiful! Reminds me of a Monet painting.
    on Aug 15, 2012 · Like 1
  • Dianne Couse Beverly Hills, CA
    We were there last summer and it is a lovely garden. What a vision.
    on Aug 15, 2012 · Like 1
  • FunkyJunk Interiors - Don... Canada
    Outstanding photos, Douglas! I've been to Banff (my neighbour as I'm in BC Canada) a few years back and remember it being like a live postcard. Drop dead gorgeous everywhere you looked. It's like all the mountains suddenly jutted out from the earth and rose as high as they could right next to you.
    on Aug 16, 2012 · Like 0
  • Douglas Hunt New Smyrna Beach, FL
    That's a very good way to put it, Donna.
    on Aug 16, 2012 · Like 1
  • Home improvement specialt... Saint Joseph, MO
    One of my favorite places on earth, thanks for sharing!
    on Aug 19, 2012 · Like 1
  • Mahboobe Iran, Islamic Republic Of
    It's extremely nice and picturesqe, I want to be there, but I cann't :(
    on Nov 08, 2012 · Like 0

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