Kitty Coleman Woodland Gardens in Courtenay, Vancouver Island, Canada | Garden

Kitty Coleman Woodland Gardens in Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada, is a feast for the senses, and nature's healing powers contained in this serene beauty bring a calmness and tranquility to the soul.
Kitty Coleman Woodland Gardens are an act of love, developed by one man in an effort to fulfill a dream to share with all. Bryan Zimmerman's Xmas Tree Farm and Santa's Barn are well-known in the Comox Valley during the winter months. He always knew he lived in a beautiful spot but it wasn't until he began clearing out some of the thick brush on his 24 acres of forested land that he thought of a way to share it with others.
Studying the interesting topography and unique layout gave him the idea for creating the woodland Gardens. Over the next two years he began to build his wonderland dream clearing the underbrush by hand to reveal a forest floor more beautiful than he had imagined.
The beauty of Kitty Coleman Wooded Gardens in Courtenay, British Columbia, is that most of the forests natural finery has been left alone, embellished, but not overwhelmed by cultivation. The Gardens are especially designed to showcase the most beautiful of all shrubs, the rhododendron.
To take a walk through this woodland Garden gives one a feeling of peace and well-being. In the upper area he's used the land contours to his advantage in the placing of several ponds. The serenity draws one to follow the soft cedar bark paths, and the enticing trails that disappear into the woodlands. Granite rocks from the valley mountains line the pathways. The filtered sunlight sparkling through the trees in an endless array of patterns lift your spirits. You inhale the sensual earthiness.
The placement of a rustic hand-built bench here and there adds charm as well as providing the visitor with an opportunity to sit, meditate and listen to the birds.