VICTORIA, BC — When Jennie Butchart transformed a limestone quarry into a garden in 1904 she never dreamed it would blossom into a global destination. People from the Netherlands, New Zealand, the ...

A bucket-list trip for many gardeners is Butchart Gardens in British Columbia. The former limestone quarry is a veritable Disneyland for plant lovers, a sea of color that delights the senses. Recently ...

The famous Sunken Garden at Butchart Gardens, site of a one-time quarry. It's one of the most magnificent garden views I've ever seen – looking out over a one-time quarry now filled with woven beds of ...

VANCOUVER ISLAND, B.C. — Visit Butchart Gardens and see for yourself: its festoons of blooming annuals, reality-defying topiary, flowering trees and shrubs create the impression that you have arrived ...

My favorite meditation image is from Butchart Gardens [above] in November, a tapestry of colors. Visitors can still view glorious blooming flowers in the hothouse or on DVD from the gift shop.

VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- Any other eyes likely would have seen the 50-foot-deep land mass for what it was -- an ugly quarry floor, the source of limestone and clay for Robert Butchart's cement ...