Gardens/Arboretums in Victoria and Vancouver Island

Sights Overview

Name	Category	Location

Abkhazi Garden Called "the garden that love built," this once-private garden...	Gardens / Arboretums	Oak Bay, Rockland, and Fairfield

Butchart Gardens This stunning 55-acre garden and National Historic Site has been...	Gardens / Arboretums	Sidney and the Saanich Peninsula

Government House Gardens Take a stroll through the walled grounds and formal rose garden...	Gardens / Arboretums	Oak Bay, Rockland, and Fairfield

Hatley Park National Historic Site Envisioned by James Dunsmuir, a former premier of British Columbia...	Castles / Palaces, Gardens / Arboretums	The West Shore and the Malahat

Japanese Garden Built entirely by volunteers, this 1-acre garden at Dinner Bay...	Gardens / Arboretums	Mayne Island


Pacific Undersea Gardens If you want an up-close look at a wolf eel or an octopus, check...	Gardens / Arboretums	Downtown Victoria

St. Ann's Academy National Historic Site This former convent and school, founded in 1858, played a central...	Religious Sites, Gardens / Arboretums, Educational Institutions	Downtown Victoria

Victoria Butterfly Gardens Hundreds of butterflies—of 50 different species—flutter...	Gardens / Arboretums, Zoos / Aquariums	Sidney and the Saanich Peninsula
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