Gardens to visit in Victoria, British Columbia are Hatley Park Gardens, Government House Gardens, Beacon Hill Park, Point Ellice Gardens, Butchart Gardens.
Butchart Gardens »
Robert Pim and Jennie Butchart bought a property at Tod Inlet in 1904 as a convenient place to live while operating their adjoining limestone quarry. When the quarry closed, Jennie decided to make it into a garden. Her descendents continue to manage the gardens and additions are still in progress. There is an Italian Garden, a Japanese Garden, a Sunken Garden, a Rose Garden and a Star Pond. The gardens are a very popular visitor attraction.
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Hatley Park Gardens
Hatley Park Gardens »
Hatley Park Gardens form part of an Edwardian era estate now owned by Royal Roads University. It was started by James Dunsmuir, the son of a Scottish imigrant who made a fortune from coal mining in Canada. James made the present house and garden after 1908. The castle style of the house is more English than Scots. The garden, designed by the Boston landscape architects Brett and Hall, has a Mixed Style Victorian character: geometrical bedding displays (described as an Italian garden but not like a garden in Italy) near the house and an extensive gardenesque arboretum. There is also a Japanese Garden and a Rose Garden. Read more on Hatley Park Gardens »
Point Ellice Gardens
Point Ellice Gardens »
Point Ellice House was owned by the family of a gold rush magnate (Peter O'Reilly) from 1867 to 1976 and has a large collection of Victoriana - in which category the gardens can be placed. Many tools and features survived. The family kept good records and the planting has been restored. The garden owes its structure to the period from 1889 to 1914. It has a croquet lawn, a rose garden, woodland paths, gardenesque planting. See old sepia photographs of the garden.
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Beacon Hill Park
Beacon Hill Park »
The oldest and largest park in Victoria is named after 2 beacons placed there by the Hudson's Bay Company. The layout was the result of a competition, won by the Scottish garden designer John Blare in 1889, and has the delightful quality of a public garden in Central Scotland, with a lake, rhododendrons, gardenesque planting, a stone bridge, ducks, bedding, pines and weeping willows. Read more on Beacon Hill Park »
Government House Gardens BC
Government House Gardens BC »
This is the fourth residence to be built on the site. The first house was built in 1852 and burnt just 3 months later. The second, Cary Castle, was built in 1860 and burned in 1899. The third house, built in 1903, burned in 1957 and was rebuilt by 1959. The gardens have been less troubled. Some of the Garry oaks are older than any of the houses and the the garden has a showy Victorian air. There are 14 acres of gardens and the rest of the grounds consist of the rare Garry oak ecosystem. Theme gardens include the Bruce Pavilion, Rotary Garden of International Friendship, Victorian and Sunken Rose Gardens, Winter, Iris, Perennial, Alpine, Heather, Herb, Great Hall Terraces, Cut Flower, Cottage ..... Read more on Government House Gardens BC »
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