Furry friend

September 10, 2005

Furry friend

Once again I am in foreign climes, this time in Canada for a few weeks (pleasure, not business). Before I left the UK, a single Gardener's Delight cherry tomato was ready to harvest. I picked it and ate it without even the briefest thought of photographing it for Dr Charles's competition. (Sorry, Dr Charles: it tasted delicious, though).

Back home, the plot will be taken care of by some willing volunteers. Here in Victoria, I saw this little fellow today, pootling about on the window frame. It's some kind of tiger moth caterpillar, I think, but anyone with a more precise identification would be much appreciated.

I am hoping to check out a few gardens while I am here, including the UBC Botanical Gardens and the Abkhazi Gardens. Any other recommendations of gardens to visit in the Vancouver/Victoria area would be much appreciated.

Caterpillar update: by the power of the internet, I have just identified my furry friend as a spotted tussock moth ...

10 Sep 2005 00:30:50 | Fauna, Me me me

5 Comments

Don't forget Butchart Gardens...

http://www.butchartgardens.com/

Posted by: Kevin Laurence | September 10, 2005 at 10:25 AM

hi kevin

You're right - I forgot to mention Butchart - I have been there before (http://perrone.blogs.com/horticultural/2004/10/darling_dahlia.html) but will probably go again ...

Posted by: Jane Perrone | September 10, 2005 at 05:28 PM

It's not a big place, but we liked http://www.vancouverchinesegarden.com/

Posted by: Muppet | September 12, 2005 at 09:47 AM

VanDusen guardens (pay City
park on Oak Street, Vancouver.

Minter Gardens on mountain side
east of Chilliwack.
52892 Bunker Road, Rosedale, BC 1-800-661-3919_

Stanley and Queen E park rose gardens

Eco-garden and allotments
Pine and West 6th avenue along
the defunct railway tracks

Cottonwood, and more well-known
Strathcona gardens are located at the back and side of Strathcona Park, 800 Prior St.

See what Figaro garden shopo on
Victoria and east 4th would recommend
in the East End, as they have
sponsored tours befroe

Every city hall has a list of city -
sanctioned allotments. So call Delta, Richmond, Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster,
Port Moody, Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Pitt Meadows, Surrey

Posted by: William Lee | September 19, 2005 at 09:59 AM

i hope this helps the overall stats of caterpillers in the blog world!

Posted by: daz | October 01, 2005 at 10:30 PM

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