Flagstaff Gardens

Flagstaff Gardens is a large park area near the Victoria Market that I go to.  I have never actually gone through the gardens, only along the edge on the way to the market.  Apparently, it was called Flagstaff Hill because of a flagstaff that was erected to communicate between the harbor and town as it was the highest point in the settlement.  Before that, it was called Burial Hill because it was a cemetery and there is now a memorial to mark the graves of the first European settlers.  At some point, I will walk around the gardens to see this memorial and everything else.  For today, I am posting pictures mainly because of this beautiful purple tree.  I looked it up and I think it is the Jacaranda tree.