Historic Botanical Gardens in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, Canada

Historic botanical gardens of Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, offer a nice walk and are a delight to anyone interested in nature. Annapolis Royal is about 3 hours drive from Halifax. Plan a trip to this area, and you can also enjoy other Nova Scotia attractions: Fort Anne, Kejimkujik National park, Upper Clements Park. You can also find several hiking trails with a waterfall nearby. If you plan a trip to come to Halifax via Yarmouth ferry, then include Annapolis Royal and historic botanical gardens in your road trip ideas.

Beautiful landscapes of tidal river salt marshes and dykes — Scenic view of salt marshes, dykes and tidal river, beautiful landscapes

Entrance building of botanical gardens — Botanical gardens well-maintained grounds and administration building

Historic gardens are open from May until October. There is always something blooming in the gardens and you can take lots of pictures of flowers. Because of hours of operation, it is hard to arrive at special times of day like sunrise and sunset when light is best for landscape photography. However, if you plan a trip you can still capture some of the morning or evening light. There will be fewer visitors as well during those hours. If you do arrive during the day you can use a polarizing filter which will make your pictures stand out. Annapolis Royal is very close to the Bay of Fundy and often skies will be overcast during the day. This will provide even and shadow-free lighting for your spring images, take advantage of it.

Botanical gardens are beautiful in the spring, here many flowers and trees are in full bloom. There are lots of varieties of tulips, daffodils, azaleas blooming in the spring. To add more excellent pictures of flowers to your photo gallery, you should try to use the macro lens. This type of lens will produce beautifully detailed pictures of flowers with professional detail and background.