A new carousel has opened at the Butchart Gardens on Vancouver Island, and it’s all lit up for Christmas. The Rose Carousel, crafted by Brass Ring Entertainment of Sun Valley, Calif., is the only ...

Michael Weishan recently toured the renowned Butchart Gardens on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, with garden representative David Clarke, taking in the spectacular array of horticultural ...

Have you ever been to the world famous Butchart Gardens on Canada’s Vancouver Island? It’s one of the largest and most beautiful botanical gardens in the world. Our garden master Jim Duthie took a ...

VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- Any other eyes likely would have seen the 50-foot-deep land mass for what it was -- an ugly quarry floor, the source of limestone and clay for Robert Butchart's cement ...

VANCOUVER ISLAND, B.C. — Visit Butchart Gardens and see for yourself: its festoons of blooming annuals, reality-defying topiary, flowering trees and shrubs create the impression that you have arrived ...

Two predictable comments from visitors are most frequently heard by the staff at the Butchart Gardens outside Victoria, the capital of British Columbia: No. 1: "That's sensational,'' says a guest.

A few weeks ago during a trip to Seattle, I visited renowned Butchart Gardens, a regular on the lists of great public gardens in the world. It is located on Vancouver Island, 14 miles north of ...

There are five garden styles to enjoy; the Sunken Garden; the Rose Garden; and the Japanese, Italian and Mediterranean ...