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Butchart's Sunken Garden by Terri Munson

5/8/2023

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In 1904 Robert and Jennie Butchart moved to Vancouver Island to build a cement plant on a rich limestone deposit. Within eight years, most of the limestone had been removed which left a huge, ugly hole.  Jennie decided to transform that hideous space into a garden that evolved into the now famous Sunken Garden.
 
The Butchart Gardens have expanded to include a Rose Garden, Japanese Garden, Italian Garden, Bog Garden and a Mediterranean Garden.  Each is lovely but for me the view looking down on the Sunken Garden was the most jaw-dropping. 
 
On its 100th anniversary in 2004, the gardens were designated a National Historic Site of Canada.  Today, people come from all over the world.   If you haven’t seen visited yet, I recommend you add the Butchart Gardens to your bucket list.  
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