Planning to Retire Soon!

If you are planning to retire in the Philippines soon, I suggest you visit several excellent websites on pro's and cons of retiring in the Philippines. However if you want to retire in the provinces, where life is simple, standard of living cheaper, less traffic congestion and pollution, availability of fresh seafood and vegetables compared to the big cities, my island province is the place for you! If this is your first time in my site, welcome. Some of the photos and videos on this site, I do not own. However, I have no intention on the infringement of your copyrights. The photo above is the front yard of Chateau Du Mer- Our Retirement Home in Boac, Marinduque, Philippines

Thursday, September 10, 2020

The Three Most Beautiful Gardens that Macrine and I Had Visited

The other day I just finished my 6-part series on Coping with Grief: Today, I decided to write on a subject that Macrine and I enjoyed-Gardens.  Macrine and I had visited several gardens in US and in the Philippines. But today's article is devoted to the three most beautiful gardens that we have visited in US and Canada.

Macrine and I visited Butchart Gardens, Victoria, BC, Canada, in 2005

 

 

The Buchart Garden (Macrine reading garden sign-left on bottom of picture)

So it is time for a virtual tour of the three most beautiful gardens that Macrine and I had visited several years ago.

Perhaps in the near future when this Covid-19 is controlled you may be able to visit in person the following three gardens as follows: Buchart ( Victoria, British Columbia), Filoli ( Woodside, CA) and Longwood Gardens( Kenneth Square, PA-suburb of Philadelphia).

Macrine and I have visited Longwood Gardens twice but visited the other two only once. The gardens looked different during the various seasons, but for us spring time was our favorite season. It is the time when the gardens are most colorful.

The following are some of the photos I took of the three gardens. I hope you enjoy the photos as much as we did.

Buchart Gardens, Victoria, BC
    

https://www.butchartgardens.com/
Filoli Sunken Gardens, Woodside, CA   

 

 https://filoli.org/



 

Longwood Gardens, Kenneth Square, PA 

 https://longwoodgardens.org/


 



Honorable Mention: Brookside Gardens, Wheaton, Maryland

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g41434-d536488-Reviews-Brookside_Gardens-Wheaton_Montgomery_County_Maryland.html

Meanwhile enjoy this short video -Carlos Avila in the Piano( Macrine's nephew).


 

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