Readers recommend: Canada’s Butchart Gardens and France B&B
CANADA
Blooming wonders
My favorite meditation image is from Butchart Gardens [above] in November, a tapestry of colors. Visitors can still view glorious blooming flowers in the hothouse or on DVD from the gift shop.
Butchart Gardens, 800 Benvenuto Ave., Brentwood Bay, British Columbia; (866) 652-4422, www.butchartgardens.com.
Entrance fees from $17.
--Sherry Barber, Whittier
FRANCE
Tickle your nose
Check out a neat little bed-and-break- fast inn in Épernay, the center of the Champagne region. When you walk to town for dinner, you will pass by Moët & Chandon.
Parva Domus Guest House, 27 Avenue de Champagne, Épernay; 011-33-6-13-99-12-57, www.parvadomusrimaire.com.
Doubles from about $115.
--Ben Rogers, Anaheim Hills
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