Butchart Gardens

Butchart Gardens are flower gardens on the Canadian island of Vancouver, covering an area of 20 hectares. The gardens are unique in any season. During hot summers, cool autumns, or snowy winters, there will always be something to see in the garden. Every year, more than a million plants representing 700 varieties show floral outfits to the garden's guests, making their hearts sink before this beauty. A huge variety of plants ensures continuous flowering from March to October. Over a million garden guests come to enjoy the beauties of the garden gathered from all over the world.

There used to be limestone deposits on the site of the garden, which attracted Robert Pym Butchart here. In 1888, he started producing cement. But by 1909, the quarry had exhausted its entire supply of limestone, and Jenny Butchart, wife of Robert Pym Butchart, decided to "refine" the area. The work of gardening was entrusted to the Japanese landscape designer Isaburo Kishida. Robert was very proud of his wife and fully supported her by gathering birds from all over the world in the garden. Ducks, parrots, and peacocks have become an integral part of the garden. In 1921, the beautification of the garden was completed and it was named the "Sunken Garden".

But that didn't seem enough to the Butcharts, and in 1926, an Italian garden opened in addition to the already existing beautiful Japanese Garden, located on the site of the tennis courts. In 1929, a Rose garden was added, located on the territory previously occupied by a vegetable garden. In 1939, the Chita Butcharts presented these gardens to their grandson Jan Ross in honor of his 21st birthday. Ross continued to develop the park.

The news about the Butchart gardens spread very quickly. In the 1920s, over 50,000 people visited the garden to enjoy its incredible beauty. The owners of the garden have equipped a bowling alley, a swimming pool, a billiard room and an organ room, as well as a restaurant at home for guests. The Butcharts named their possessions with the Italian word "Benvenuto," which translates as "Welcome." In 2004, two nine-meter pillars were erected in the garden in honor of the centenary of the gardens and declared a national historical monument.