Flowers in purple, pink, blue and gold hues spring from the verdant carpet covering the Sunken Garden at The Butchart Gardens. At first glance, visitors to this horticultural haven on Vancouver Island ...

U.S. News Insider Tip: In the winter, Buchart's gardeners create a lush indoor garden oasis called Spring Prelude in the restaurant. It showcases the garden's bounty with multiple flower displays and ...

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 ...

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 ...

A portion of the Japanese gardens at Butchart Gardens. VANCOUVER ISLAND, B.C. — Visit Butchart Gardens and see for yourself: its festoons of blooming annuals, reality-defying topiary, flowering trees ...

A Port Townsend couple committed to the Victorian era, was turned away from Butchart Gardens on Vancouver Island, because of their clothing. Gabriel and Sarah Chrisman write on their blog This ...