This is a post targeted mainly towards nature lovers and botanists.
At the UBC botanical gardens, there are around 7000 species of plants from all over the world. Due to the mild climate in B.C, a lot of plants can thrive here.
When you first enter the garden, you will come across the Asian flowers first. One of the main things that will hit you first is the scent of the flowers and the air is supremely fresh. In fact, the air in Vancouver is really quite pollution-free. As you continue walking on, you will reach a tunnel which connects you to the other side of the garden. Personally, this other side of the garden is more captivating.
What is most striking is the busyness of the bees in the garden. They were constantly flying from flower to flower, gathering nectar. I’ve tried to capture the bees on the flowers but the quick movements of these insects make capturing them a little blur. Sadly, its either the resolution of the camera that needs some twitching or my photography technique that needs some brushing up, some pictures taken, esp those of flowers were not clear enough to portray the beauty of the plants as they undeniably are.
The garden has a Food Produce section which, very interestingly, is used for the growth of plants produce which are then diverted to the hungry and poor. There are signs which notifies people against plucking these produce. This is really nice of the people at UBC. Seems like they remembered to give back to society and render the poor help and food.
There are small sections in the garden which separates plants from the continent they can be found. In the Africa continent, the flowers look real bright and a little wild. Basically, the flowers found around the world are bright, colourful and outstanding. However, it seems that plants from Australasia seem to lack flowers. It appears from a novice point of view that these plants are mainly shrubs and non-flowering plants.
So anyways, some of the flowers have the nicest shades of colours. I’ve seen the most beautiful blue, pink, orange and purple colours amongst these plants, not to mention the unbeatable combination of these colours. Again, I was once again impressed with and by Mother Nature. It was indeed an afternoon whereby my senses were assaulted on almost all fronts.
