BUTCHART GARDENS IN VICTORIA

THE BUTCHART GARDENS IN VICTORIA WAS ONCE A GRAVEL PIT OF 55 ACRES. THE OWNER, ESPECIALLY HIS WIFE. TRANSFORMED THIS PIT TO A WORLD CLASS NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE IN CANADA IN 1905. THEY HAVE ITALIAN GARDENS, CHINESE, JAPANESE, MEDITERRANEAN, A LARGE ROSE GARDENS, AND SEVERAL SMALL PONDS, A SUNKEN GARDEN, AS WELL AS A VEGETABLE GARDEN. THEY WERE WORLD TRAVELERS. MR BUTCHART COLLECTED BIRDS AND HAD THEM ORIGINALLY HOUSED THROUGHOUT THE GARDENS. THEY HAVE A FINE RESTAURANT THERE TOO. THEY HAVE A FINE RESTAURANT THERE TOO. THEY HAVE ANIMALS MADE FROM MOSS STATUES.

BY THE 1920'S THEY HAD OVER 50,000 VISITORS. AT THIS TIME THEY PLANTED CHERRY TREES THERE. THE GARDEN IS KNOWN INTERNATIONALLY. EACH YEAR THEY PLANTED ONE MILLION BEDDING PLANTS IN 700 VARIETIES FOR BLOOM. THEY ARE OPEN YEAR ROUND WITH A GLASS, CERAMIC, AND OTHER ITEMS. THEY HAVE FIREWORKS EVERY EVENING. THEY HAVE A MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN WHERE YOU CAN SIT AND WATCH THE SEA. THEY HAVE CARP IN THE SWIMMING POOL THAT ARE FUN TO WATCH. IN THE SUMMER THEY HAVE A BIG BAND . YOU CAN ENJOY MEETING PEOPLE FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY. ASK MEMBERS ABOUT THE PLANT ID CLASS. THEY HAVE ANSWERS. THEIR IS A BUDDHA STATUE UNDER THE CEDARS IN THE MASSIVE DISPLAYS OF POINTSETTAS. THEY HAVE A CHRISTMAS LIGHT UP PARTY. DURING CHRISTMAS THEY HAVE AN ANNUAL BIRD COUNT.

THEY HAVE MANY WATER FEATURES IN THE SPRING PRELUDE. WE TOOK NUMEROUS PHOTOS AND A MOVIE OF THESE GARDENS. THERE WERE THOUSANDS THERE ON JULY 4TH SEVERAL YEARS AGO!


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