Butchart Gardens

If you go in early spring when its a little drizzly its delightfully empty.

Oh and look for dining specials. For us it was $35 including a fabulous lunch. Great deal considering tickets alone are $25 each

We went here on our honeymoon…just a few years ago. ;-)

I’ve never been back. I’ll have to try and get up there again someday.

i dont really like flowers or anykind of plant,,i visited on winter acouple years ago,it wasnot really good, indonesia has better one,,its tropical anyway

The gardens are absolutely beautiful, but the tickets are a bit pricy ($50 for the both of us). The day we went was way too hot and we kind of rushed through it. It is good to see though, especially since it is so famous and everyone assumes you’ll be seeing it if you are in the area. :)

It’s so pretty. A tip is just take your time and relax while you stroll through the gardens. It’s so peaceful there.

the mainland – Vancouver

This was a rock quarry and the garden built here is Beautiful!
If you enjoy afternoon tea, they serve a nice one that overlooks one of the gardens.

it’s pretty, but not all that great
you’re better off going to a botanical garden

I love the sunken garden the most, but found the japanese garden a tad smaller than I had heard about, but it was a lovely day out.. and the icecream was awesome from the cafe..

First stop on Vancouver Island was Butchart Gardens. Jennie Butchart started the gardens in 1904 in the Limestone quarry that her husband had excavated near their house. She brought in topsoil from nearby farmlands to line the floor of the quarry and then planted a variety of trees and plants to create the first of the gardens, the Sunken Garden. Later they added the Japanese Garden, the Italian Garden and the Rose Garden. The gardens are beautiful and well worth a visit. Once again the autumn (fall) colours were predominant. The flaming red Japanese Maple tree was my favourite tree. I also rubbed the nose of the boar; it’s just like the one outside Sydney Hospital. Now I just have to visit the one in Italy.