Butchart Gardens, Victoria, Canada

We took the ferry over to Vancouver Island to visit The Butchart Gardens on August 6th. We took the ferry without the truck. If we would have known we would have purchased the garden tickets on the ferry.  By doing that, you an catch a bus right after the the ferry arrives right along the dock.  Because we bought ours online, we had to walk a couple blocks and wait a hour for the next bus.

This was our second time we visited these gardens and all we can say is "awesome". It is no wonder that these gardens are considered one of five of the finest gardens in the world. I really did try to limit the pictures I put on Facebook and still ended up with bunches of them but what can I say, I'm a sucker for flowers and beauty!

MAP OF THE GARDENS

Water Wheel at the Entry to the Gardens

Life Size Chess in the Entry

Gift Shops and Eateries at the Entry

Fountain inside a Greenhouse

The Butchart Boar - he dribbles water from his mouth

THE SUNKEN GARDENS

Entering the Sunken Gardens

Fountain programmed like the Bellagio in Las Vegas only without music

Waterfall on the hill coming out of the Sunken Gardens

THE CAROUSEL AREA

The Sturgeon Fountain

THE ROSE GARDEN

Coretta Scott King - USA 2014

THE JAPANESE GARDENS

Loved these flowers that look like Chinese lanterns

BUTCHART COVE

STAR POND

THE ITALIAN GARDEN 

We had some gelato and rested our feet for awhile here.