The Butchart Gardens
Bedding massed on the floor of a limestone quarry under its sheer walls, the Ross Fountain leaping in the reservoir, rose arches, a torii among maples, the Star Pond and Douglas firs down to the cove.
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| Inspired by | The Butchart Gardens (Victoria, British Columbia) |
|---|---|
| Size | 112 × 80 m |
| Latitude | 48.6° N |
| Climate | cool-temperate |
| Plants | 623 plants of 38 species |
Gardens and biomes
- Sunken Garden (old quarry)
- Rose garden
- Japanese garden
- Italian garden
- Mediterranean garden
- Pacific Northwest forest and cove
Landmarks, buildings and water
- Garden walk
- Sunken Garden floor
- Quarry wall (limestone)
- Sunken Garden Lookout
- Sunken Garden path
- Rock mound (quarry spoil)
- Old cement-kiln chimney
- Lower reservoir
- Ross Fountain (1964)
- Summer bedding (begonias, dahlias, delphiniums)
- Begonia Bower (shade)
- Circle of Doves sculpture
- Rose Garden (1929)
- Rose arches (walk)
- Boar fountain ("Tacca")
- Japanese Garden (moss)
- Torii gate
- Stream
- Pond
- Bridge
- Stone lantern
- Sturgeon fountain
- Butchart residence "Benvenuto"
- Italian Garden (1926, former tennis court)
- Star Pond
- Italian Garden bed
- Bedding strip
- Concert Lawn
- Concert stage
- Mediterranean Garden (gravel)
- Douglas fir and red cedar forest
- Butchart Cove (sea)
Plants in this garden
- Agapanthus Agapanthus praecox · 10
- Bay laurel Laurus nobilis · 4
- Bigleaf maple Acer macrophyllum · 1
- Busy Lizzie (impatiens) Impatiens walleriana · 20
- Common ivy Hedera helix · 10
- Dahlia Dahlia pinnata hybrids · 30
- Dawn redwood Metasequoia glyptostroboides · 1
- Delphinium Delphinium elatum hybrids · 20
- Douglas fir Pseudotsuga menziesii · 3
- English lavender Lavandula angustifolia · 10
- Flowering dogwood Cornus florida · 1
- Garden rose Rosa x hybrida · 88
- Grey-leaved cistus Cistus albidus · 5
- Hardy fuchsia Fuchsia magellanica · 6
- Hardy water lily (Marliac hybrids) Nymphaea × marliacea · 3
- Heliotrope Heliotropium arborescens · 44
- Hosta Hosta spp. · 16
- Japanese black pine Pinus thunbergii · 1
- Japanese iris Iris ensata · 6
- Japanese maple Acer palmatum · 4
- Japanese painted fern Athyrium niponicum · 10
- Jerusalem sage Phlomis fruticosa · 4
- Large-flowered trillium Trillium grandiflorum · 8
- New Zealand flax Phormium tenax · 3
- Olive Olea europaea · 3
- Oregon grape Berberis aquifolium · 8
- Petunia Petunia x hybrida · 70
- Red hot poker Kniphofia uvaria · 6
- Rhododendron Rhododendron · 10
- Rosemary Salvia rosmarinus · 4
- Satsuki azalea Rhododendron indicum · 8
- Snapdragon Antirrhinum majus · 40
- Southern magnolia Magnolia grandiflora · 1
- Tree echium (giant viper's bugloss) Echium pininana · 3
- Wax begonia Begonia semperflorens-cultorum · 120
- Weeping willow Salix babylonica · 1
- Western red cedar Thuja plicata · 3
- Western sword fern Polystichum munitum · 38
A design inspired by The Butchart Gardens (Victoria, British Columbia), scaled to fit, built from Garden ME's reference plant data. It is not a survey or a map of the real garden.