Queen Elizabeth Park & Bloedel Floral Conservatory
On Thursday afternoon we drove to the top of Queen Elizabeth Park to visit the Bloedel Floral Conservatory which (so I've read) is home to 500 species of plants, 100 species of birds and plenty of koi carp. We didn't count but it certainly seemed like those numbers were pretty accurate. The park is only a 10 minute ride from our house (in normal traffic) and it's quite easy to get to, I think it's still classed as Burnaby though I'm not 100% sure [Edit : I've since found it's actually classed as Vancouver]. The conservatory was built in 1969 after a generous donation to the park board from Prentice Bloedel, hence how it got it's name. It's a nice place to walk around and especially good to visit on a chilly day because it's nice and warm inside! You have to pay to get in but it is only $4.80 so it's very reasonable. We spent over an hour inside walking around taking in photos and getting very close to some of the parrots. One African Grey we came across was just walking along the path amongst the visitors and she didn't mind people getting close up to her. Lou was in photographer mode and took plenty of good photos, some of which I've included with this post.
