Monday 7 July 2014
The Butchart Gardens
is a group of floral display gardens in Brentwood Bay, British Columbia, Canada,
located near Victoria on Vancouver Island. The gardens receive close to a
million visitors each year. The gardens have been designated a National
Historic Site of Canada due to their international renown. In 1909, when the
limestone quarry was exhausted, Jennie set about turning it into the Sunken
Garden, which was completed in 1921. They named their home
"Benvenuto" ("welcome" in Italian), and began to receive
visitors to their gardens. In 1926, they replaced their tennis courts with an
Italian garden and in 1929 they replaced their kitchen vegetable garden with a
large rose garden to the design of Butler Sturtevant of Seattle. Samuel Maclure,
who was consultant to the Butchart Gardens, reflected the aesthetic of the
English Arts and Crafts Movement. Source
