Susann Camus
Gardens
Finding wonder in the natural world
I love gardens, the showier the better! There's also beauty in cottage gardens and in flower beds where the plants are so plentiful that they appear to tangle with each other. Here are gardens featured in See Me: A Jeannie Johal Thriller, as well as a few of my favorites in Atlanta, Georgia, Coral Gables, Florida, British Columbia and Ontario, Canada. I hope you enjoy these images.
Stopping to smell the roses
I was once visiting the Royal Botanical Gardens in Burlington, Ontario, with my husband and mother. Mom and I were in a state of ecstasy as we wandered among the rose bushes, inhaling their heady scents. My husband told us there were even nicer roses closer to the gate. It took us a moment before we realized he was trying to get us closer to the exit. It didn't work. We continued to stop and smell the roses. They were wonderful!
Garden Snapshots
Yellow Camellia, Ranikhet, India
Hanging Gardens of Mumbai, Malabar Hill, India
Sun Yat Sen Classical Chinese Garden, Chinatown, Vancouver, Canada
Jeannie's favorite flower, because it reminds her of Ranikhet and her childhood.
These terraced gardens are in Malabar Hill, where Jeannie lived with her husband until she fled Mumbai for freedom in Canada.
A stunning, Classical Chinese garden in the heart of downtown Vancouver near May’s office.
Van Dusen Gardens, Vancouver, Canada
Yellow rose, Royal Botanical Gardens, Hamilton, Canada
Picture-perfect and serene, this is a wonder-filled setting for even the most discerning of gardeners.
Perfect form, cheerful color, and intoxicating scent
Nitobe Memorial Garden, UBC Botanical Garden, Vancouver, Canada
Exquisite blend of nature and artistry
Atlanta Botanical Gardens,
Atlanta, Georgia
​Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Coral Gables, Florida
Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, Sarasota, Florida
TThe Dorothy Chapman Fuqua Conservatory, part of the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, is filled with trees, shrubs, leaves, and vines found in equatorial tropics, including 170 types of palms.
The strategic use of colored spotlights gives added dimension to the 12-acre display of 740 species of tropical flowering trees .
I thought Spanish moss would be soft, but when I touched it, I discovered it was brittle and a bit wiry. Spanish moss is a bromeliad or air plant that lives in trees, but does not generally harm its host.
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