Tuesday 30 jun walk

Today Virginia, Deborah & I went for our Tuesday walk & I (Laurette) decide to do Hastings Park and Coliseum walk from Vancouver Parks Board. It was a good choice .

http://vancouver.ca/parks/activecommunity/walks.htm

We left the Library & walked down to Hastings St & caught the bus to Hastings community Centre. Right across the street is this park. As well next to it is Playland & PNE grounds. We walked following the info on the pamphlet we had. It was a nice day & great discovery for all 3 of us. So unusual to find this little gem. Hasting street is a very busy street & all of a sudden you are in this sanctuary!!! As if you are out in the country not in the city.

It was fun to see families with small children having a great time in the water fountains. Oh to be young again & even bare bottom as we saw, lol.

We also saw the house from the outside only as it was fenced in, that will be the home show prize this August.

http://www.pne.ca/pneprizehome/index.htm

Afterwards we left the park & headed west on Hastings & then caught a bus. Deborah left us for home as she was tired & Virginia & I stayed on the bus as it was going to Kerrisdale & wandered around there.

Below are my pics of what we saw & description.

The Sanctuary at Hastings Park
The Sanctuary, located across the street on Hastings
Park, overflows with greenery and bird calls. Its main
feature is the day lighting of a stream that had been
contained in an underground culvert for more than
50 years.

The Opera Walkway has intricate stone carvings
that decorate the walls and flank the unique water
features. The carvings tell the story of Italy’s love for
opera.

The fountains and channels of the unique water
feature add delicious sounds to the garden

This was in the children's plaza below & the poem was done in braille as well.

The Momiji Japanese Garden provides another garden
style. After having experienced the urban nature of
the Sanctuary and the formal gardens of Il Giardino
Italiano, this garden offers a more subtly disciplined
choice of plantings, shading, placement and elevations.