We had a tour of the greenhouses at Butchart Gardens today. What an awesome operation. They plant 30,000 new tulips each spring which are kept for 2 years and then disposed of. The greenhouse full of poinsettas were gorgeous.

They are currently putting up Christmas decorations and will be spectacular throughout the holiday season. They have a few trees in the coffee shop that are decorated with small pots of cyclamens. Very showy!

The new Community Arts Council facility is going to be wonderful. A group of us got together yesterday and took in all the arts and crafts for the Christmas Show starting with the Studio Tour this weekend.

The building is right on the ocean and gets alot of people walking by so hopefully that will get people dropping in.

This building will house the office and ongoing workshops, shows. etc.