Flower Garden Gazebo In Banff

If there was one spot on the globe that I could think of to represent beauty and tranquility in our world, it would have to be the Cascade Gardens in Banff, Alberta, Canada.

There is an amazing array of color splashing at you from every angle. You cannot count every different flower, and any flower you could possibly imagine is growing there. This is one small snapshot of the beauty of these amazing rock gardens. The stone paths wind you through a maze of raw wooden benches, and Gazebo's of varying shapes and sizes. On this particular day, myself, my son, and my brother's family strolled through taking photographs of everything we possibly could. Every photograph was amazing, but none could capture the full beauty of it.

The waterfalls in the Cascade Gardens are equally stunning. The architects and landscapers who designed these beautiful oasis took the natural raw beauty of the parkland and streams, and enhanced them with rock sculpture, colorful floral arangements, and stone paths.

Nothing looks out of place... not the wooden benches... not the rock shelves the waterfalls empty themselves over, and not the flowers or the greenery surrounding everything.

Even though we know some elements of the Cascade Gardens are man made, and cultivated to look just so, everything still looks as it should. Like it was meant to be there. This is one of those rare places where mother nature and mankind came together in perfect harmony to create this beautiful, serene atmosphere.