Welcome to the Butchart Gardens, fifty-five acres of wonderful floral display, offering spectacular views as you stroll along meandering paths and expansive lawns. In 1904, Jennie Butchart began to beautify a worked-out quarry site left behind from her husband's pioneering efforts in the manufacture of Portland cement at Tod Inlet, Vancouver Island, Canada. Her venture has become a family commitment to horticulture and hospitality spanning over 100 years, and delighting visitors from all over the world.

From the exquisite Sunken Garden to the charming Rose Garden, this show garden still maintains the gracious traditions, in one of the loveliest corners in the world.

In September, the displays of tuberous begonias and dahlias reach their zenith. In the perennial borders towering shocks of red, gold and blues of lychnis, solidago and fall asters form a bulwark against the shortening days. Hanging baskets, hydrangeas and fuchsias prolong the summer's glory.

FLOWERS: Achillea (Yarrow), Aconitum(Monkshood), Ageratum, Amaranthus, Aster, Japanese Anemone, Fibrous and Tuberous Begonias, Calceolaria, Cosmos, Chrysanthemum, Coreopsis, Celosia, Cleome, Dahlia, Eupatorium (Joe Pye Weed), Fuchsia, Geranium, Helianthus, Helenium, Impatiens, Lobelia, Marigold, Marguerite, Nicotiana, Penstemon, Petunia, Phlox, Physostegia (Obedient Plant), Rudbeckia, Salvia - farinacea, splendens and patens, Sedum, Solidago (Goldenrod), Verbena, Zinnia

The Gardens were designated in 2004 as a National Historic Site of Canada.