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 ...

Victoria’s legendary composer David Foster was obviously taken with Betty Boop too. His musical – Boop! – opened on Broadway ...

The famous Sunken Garden at Butchart Gardens, site of a one-time quarry. It's one of the most magnificent garden views I've ever seen – looking out over a one-time quarry now filled with woven beds of ...

My favorite meditation image is from Butchart Gardens [above] in November, a tapestry of colors. Visitors can still view glorious blooming flowers in the hothouse or on DVD from the gift shop.

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, the ...

A bucket-list trip for many gardeners is Butchart Gardens in British Columbia. The former limestone quarry is a veritable Disneyland for plant lovers, a sea of color that delights the senses. Recently ...

I love my job because I’m always learning something new. Aside from the actual travel, research gives me the opportunity to follow any fact or phrase that catches my fancy. This time the rabbit hole ...

Come on, Spring, let's get a move on! It snowed today in Madison --Â more white when I'm looking for a little green on the ground and in the trees. So I spent some time looking at the website for ...