Ah...Butchart Gardens
here - gorgeous formal gardens created by the talented Jenny Butchart in the early 1900's out of her husband's abandoned rock quarry.
The Butchart mansion and various buildings on the site now make up restaurants, gift shops etc but the real show is the garden - ranging from the sunken garden which was the original quarry, to formal rose gardens, a Japanese garden (my favourite), seasonal displays of flowers - the dahlias and roses are showing off right now. Mrs. Butchart's personal garden is still there - behind a white picket fence. Our pal Gwen has a seasons pass so we were treated to a visit, dinner, and the Victoria Symphony in the band shell offering Greig and Elgar for light summer listening. A treat for sure and big thanks to Gwen for suggesting the outing.
The Butchart mansion and various buildings on the site now make up restaurants, gift shops etc but the real show is the garden - ranging from the sunken garden which was the original quarry, to formal rose gardens, a Japanese garden (my favourite), seasonal displays of flowers - the dahlias and roses are showing off right now. Mrs. Butchart's personal garden is still there - behind a white picket fence. Our pal Gwen has a seasons pass so we were treated to a visit, dinner, and the Victoria Symphony in the band shell offering Greig and Elgar for light summer listening. A treat for sure and big thanks to Gwen for suggesting the outing.
stunning flowers! they are beautiful...hopping over from your comment on the CPS blog...
ReplyDelete