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VICTORIA, BC — When Jennie Butchart transformed a limestone quarry into a garden in 1904 she never dreamed it would blossom into a global destination. People from the Netherlands, New Zealand ...
Butchart Gardens aims to delight and inspire its visitors. As a result, ... textures and flower height.” The gardens’ century of work has not been lost on the professional world.
The origins of Canada’s Butchart Gardens are quite different from European counterparts. In the early 1900s, Jennie Butchart transformed the scarred land of a barren limestone quarry into a lush ...
Flowers embellish every section of this outdoor room at Butchart Gardens in British Columbia. ... Butchart Gardens is in Brentwood Bay, about 30 minutes from downtown Victoria.
Clue: This Victoria-area attraction was featured on an episode of Jeopardy! on Tuesday night. Answer: What is Butchart Gardens? Actually, the clue on the show, which came under the gardens category ...
Flowers embellish every section of this outdoor room at Butchart Gardens in British Columbia. (Special to the Democrat-Gazette/Janet B. Carson) ...