Quinte Botanical Gardens

While visiting family in Trenton Ontario, I discovered a very new botanical garden.  Only in it's third year, it is designed so that one garden flows into the next, the curving paths encouraging you to explore what's around the next bend.

The garden is divided into many sections:  the edible garden, knot garden, bird and butterfly garden, Japanese garden, a rose garden with a raised cupola perfect for weddings, and a colour wheel of flowers in every hue in the rainbow.

The area was suffering from a long bout of drought, but many plants were bravely blooming.

In the bird and butterfly garden, a hummingbird moth hovered and dashed away before I could take a picture.  But some interesting wasps posed for me.

Check the website at www.qbgardens.ca for directions to find this lovely, restful spot.