Reader's Rock Garden

While I'm in that neck of the woods, I will highlight another cool thing in that section of Calgary- on 25th avenue just after you cross the train tracks, if you turn right you will be in the parking lot of the Reader Rock Garden. A man named William Reader created this garden in 1914 and brought in a lot of exotic plants and created a rock garden down the slope of cemetery hill-opposite the stampede grounds. But then he died and the garden became overgrown with weeds and no one took care of it. Just a few years ago the garden was restored and I went there a few weeks ago and its pretty cool. You walk up the hill through all these really neat stone paths and there are little trickling waterfalls and bridges and very pretty flowers, trees, foliage. at the top of the hill there is a little gazebo and a cafe which looks out over downtown and the stampede grounds. My friend Bre and I had lunch and tea there and our BLTs were super good-on sour dough bread with really good bacon, aged white cheddar cheese and yellow tomatoes! yum. They also have a porch on the little house and I think it would be a lovely thing to do at this time of year when the leaves are so colourful to go sit out there in a warm cozy sweater and have a pot of tea.