Things To Do: Butchart Gardens

The Butchart Gardens is one of the world's premier floral show gardens and a designated Canadian Heritage site.  Jennie Butchart began to shape this magnificent landscape in 1904. She established, in the style of the grand estates of the period, several distinct gardens to evoke a range of aesthetic experiences. An abandoned limestone quarry was transformed into the dramatic Sunken Garden, a reflection of the early 20th-century beautification movement and an exceptional achievement in Canadian gardening history. Through successive generations of the Butchart family, The Gardens has retained much of its original design, and continues the Victorian tradition of seasonally changing the outstanding floral displays.

The public area of The Butchart Gardens covers 22ha (55 acres) with much more, for the most part, "off stage." Twenty-six greenhouses covering almost 2 acres, along with trial growing areas, a plant and a tree and shrub nursery help to keep The Gardens in prime viewing condition.

As with the rest of the world, we too have seasons. We have the peak growing season of summer, the shoulder seasons of spring and fall, and the low growing season of winter.

No matter what the season a visit to the Butchart Gardens is spectacular. 

Combine a visit to Abbeymoore with one of our Butchart Gardens Packages!