RHH's photos with the keyword: botanical gardens

I am posting only one photo today. We'll be leaving shortly to go hiking with six other family members, a daughter, two sons and their wives and a baby granddaughter. We had planned on going backpacking yesterday and staying overnight, but the weather yesterday was cold and rainy and none of us wanted to hike or camp in the rain. Today is supposed to be clear and sunny, though cold, and we intend to hike the Heliotrope Ridge trail near Mount Baker. The rose was photographed in the Belfast Botanic Gardens near Queens University. There was not much blooming when I wandered through the gardens and the buildings were all closed, but it did get some photos of the few roses that were left.

We spent two pleasant weeks quarantining on the coast but the last week of our stay, when we were back in Belfast, our daughter had to work. She dropped me off one morning in the area of Queen's University and spent some time wandering around there and in the nearby botanic gardens. There was not much in bloom and the palm house, tropical ravine and nearby Friar's Bush cemetery were all closed. I did photograph a few roses that were covered with heavvy dew from the night before and then wandered off to the city center.

This rosebud was photographed in the Belfast Botanical Gardens. It was one of the few flowers still in bloom when I wandered through the gardens.

The first time we saw one of these birds we were impressed. After seeing them everywhere we were less impressed. Words used to describe them are "pests" and "nuisances" and apparently they are like a large version of the starling here, though unlike our starlings they are native. This one was photographed at the Brisbane Botanical Gardens.

Photographed in the Devonian Botanic Gardens, Devon, Alberta, Canada. I believe this butterfly is called Horsfield's Baron (Tanaecia iapis) and is from southeast Asia.

Photographed at the Devonian Botanic Gardens tropical and butterfly house in Devon, Alberta, Canada. The id was provided by Lepphotos - thanks very much. "Papilio polytes is a common species of swallowtail butterfly widely distributed across Asia. This butterfly is known for the mimicry displayed by the numerous forms of its females which mimic inedible Red-bodied Swallowtails, such as the Common Rose and the Crimson Rose."