Butchant Garden, Victoria, B.C. - Magnificent Landscape Created by Generations

Week of Feb. 22, 2016

Beautiful gardens!  A retirement community with a slow and relaxing pace! These are the images that come to our mind when we think of the city of Victoria.

When it comes to beautiful gardens, we were not disappointed as we toured Butchant Garden - a famous privately owned and run garden in Victoria.

Sunken Garden - one of the themed gardens in Butchant Garden, Victoria

The Butchant Garden is a huge property made up of a number of themed gardens. The tour guide informed us that one of the Gardens - Sunken Garden, was so well hidden that a lot of the visitors missed it entirely on their visit. Therefore he took us there first to make sure we would see it.

The scenery was breathtaking!

Ross Fountain, Butchant Garden

The Ross Fountain was created by the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Butchant to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Butchant Garden.

After the Sunken Garden, we followed the winding path, passed by fountains, statues, sand garden with benches for resting.

Breathtaking scenery at the Butchant Garden!

Japanese Garden - One of the themed gardens in Butchant Garden

We loved the Japanese Garden, an informal garden with many natural   elements incorporated in its design.

It was a tranquil and quiet place to sit and reflect.

Trellises in the Rose Garden

Since it was in the middle of winter, there was not much to see in the Rose Garden.


 I could see the trellises and easily pictured how gorgeous the Rose Garden must be in summer when the roses are in full bloom!

The Star Pond leading into the Italian Garden 

Butchant Garden is a huge place!

Italian Garden - The most formal garden in Butchant Garden

It was clearly a labour of love by Mr. & Mrs. Butchant who were determined to transform an abandoned limestone quarry into a garden of paradise.

Its magnificent gardens rendered us speechless!

We enjoyed the walk and tour of the different themed gardens making numerous stops to capture the indescribable spectacular scenery on camera.

The Indoor Garden

One of the theme garden was the indoor garden where tropical plants are flowers were in full bloom.

A great place for wedding pictures in the middle  of winter!

Indoor Garden at the Butchant Garden where brilliant colour flowers are in full bloom

I have two regrets about this garden tour - first I wished we were there in the spring or summer months to see all the flowers in full bloom in their brilliant colour.

Cafeteria where visitors can rest their tired feet after their garden tour

Second regret, I wish we could have been there for a whole day so that we could have more time to linger over coffee and enjoy the spectacular scenery of the varaious gardens!

A carousal for kids and the young at heart!

Butchant Garden is a place for everyone, young and old, as there were various activities catering to different ages.

There was even an indoor carousal where the little ones can get on for a ride rain or shine!

Rub or kiss the nose of the Little Pig for good luck!

We were turned into kids for a little while as we strolled along windy paths lined with carefully manicured flowers and shrubs.

We truly enjoyed our tour at the Butchant Garden and would definitely revisit it in the summer time if we are in the area again!

R.T.
Butchant Garden
Victoria, British Columbia