I haven't been to many, but I was particularly enchanted by Butchart Gardens near Victoria, B.C. on Vancouver Island. The most notable feature to me was the "Sunken Mound Garden."
Behold:
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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