Minter Gardens (Photo: Calvina Wai)
We pretend it’s not going to happen, but it is: summer is coming to an end. Don’t fret, there is still time to take that road trip outside the city while the sun is still shining. Not too far from Cultus Lake and Harrison Hot Springs is a 32-acre sanctuary called Minter Gardens.
You’ve heard of it but have never actually been there. I was in the same boat, until recently, I finally made the 1.5-hour drive east of Vancouver. As I drove into the Minter Gardens parking lot, I knew this place was going to be special. The garden is set against a backdrop of magnificent mountain ranges and carved out by a landslide centuries ago. When Brian and Faye Minter saw this unusual landscape back in 1977, it was their dream to build a garden, and their team has been carefully tending it for the past 30 years.
