Butchart Gardens
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| Location: | British Columbia , Canada | ||
| Surface: | 22 ha | ||
| Founding: | 1904 | ||
| Address: | 800 Benvenuto Drive, Brentwood Bay , British Columbia , Canada | ||
| Butchart Gardens National Historic Site of Canada Lieu historique national du Canada des Jardins-Butchart |
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 Lieu patrimonial du Canada |
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| Recognized since | October 12, 2004 |
| Type | National Historic Site of Canada |
| ID | 7821 |
| Recognized by | Canadian Federal Government |
| Approved by | Historic Sites and Monuments Act |
| Entry Canadian List of Monuments | |
Butchart Gardens is a 22-acre, private flower garden and is located on the Saanich Peninsula on south Vancouver Island . The private garden is about 13 miles north of Victoria and 20 kilometers south of the Swartz Bay Ferry Terminal .
The garden is accessible via Highway 1 .
history
The garden was laid out in 1904 by Jennie Butchart. She wanted to beautify the abandoned quarry where her husband Robert Pim Butchart had limestone quarried for Portland cement . From 1907 to 1912 she supported the Japanese landscape designer Isaburo Kishida, who also laid out other parks in the region during this time, in the expansion of the garden. In 1939 Jennie Butchart handed over responsibility for the garden to her grandson, Ian Ross. He retained responsibility for the maintenance and expansion for the next 58 years. Today the park is still owned and managed by the family.
On October 12, 2004, the Butchart Gardens were named a National Historic Site of Canada .
investment
Today the park is divided into five main areas:
- the sunken garden,
- the rose garden ,
- the Japanese garden,
- the Italian garden and
- the Mediterranean garden.
The individual partial gardens are connected by winding paths and lawns. The park employs over 50 gardeners all year round.
Around a million plants are planted each year so that the individual gardens are in full bloom from March to October. During the remaining months of the year, visitors can admire plants with colorful berries and the bushes and trees that have been partially cut.
gallery
In the sunken garden
The Ross Fountain
In the Japanese garden
The Italian garden
In the Mediterranean garden
Web links
- Internet presence of the park (English)
- Information about the park at vancouverisland.com (English)
literature
- David Clarke: The Butchart Gardens: A Family Legacy. The Butchart Gardens, Victoria 1997, ISBN 1-894197-15-1 .
- Dave Preston: The Story of Butchart Gardens. Highline Publishing, Victoria 2003, ISBN 0-9699540-0-X .
Individual evidence
- ^ Butchart Gardens National Historic Site of Canada. In: Canadian Register of Historic Places. Retrieved December 3, 2012 .