1) Butchart Gardens
On Vancouver Island in western Canada, Victoria is dubbed the “City of Gardens” (it’s where we live).
Victoria’s most famous gardens are the Butchart Gardens.
They were created by Jennie Butchart, the wife of a wealthy miner, who wanted to beautify a limestone quarry.
And so, in 1912, she started turning the abandoned pit into a garden.
Today, the family-run gardens include a rose garden (with 2,500 rose bushes), Italian garden (with a flower-studded pond), sunken garden and Japanese garden (with bamboo and fiery Japanese maples).
Butchart Gardens: Website
2) VanDusen Botanical Garden
In the heart of Vancouver, Canada, this 55-acre botanical oasis boasts over 7,500 plant varieties from around the world.
Discover an Elizabethan hedge maze, rose garden, rock garden and other wonderful themed gardens. Artfully arranged pathways take you on a delightful journey through each garden.
By the café, you might even see hummingbirds feeding!
When we lived in Vancouver (before moving to Victoria), we’d take out-of-town visitors to VanDusen.
Needless to say, they loved it. (See our post on Vancouver’s VanDusen Garden.)
So we may be slightly biased. But we think it also deserves a spot on our list of the most beautiful flower gardens in the world.
VanDusen Botanical Garden: Website
By: Author Janice and George