Butchart Gardens in Winter
This spectacular garden, now a National Historic Site, was begun by
Jenny Butchart in 1904, when she decided something needed to be done about the
gaping hole left where limestone had been quarried for the family cement
business, located near Victoria.
Because of the cement reference, ‘Butchart
Gardens in Winter’ was chosen as the haiga to illustrate this haiku.
It is one of a ‘year-round’ series of computer-stylized
versions of the watercolour shown on the right.
