Gardens are home to trees and flowers that take on new colours by changing seasons. Imagine the blooms, foliage, grasses, herbs, trees, and shrubs that carpet rainbows on the ground. You can have a visit to Vancouver Island gardens if you are fascinated by nature's extraordinary aesthetic senses. Wherever you look, you can see the diversity of plants, and the design features, that have given beauty to Vancouver Island gardens.
Whether you are looking for family gardens or public gardens, you will find them on Vancouver Island. You can explore at Botanical Gardens, Cultural Gardens, or even at National Historic Sites.
Victoria is home to many gardens on Vancouver Island as its mild climate is suitable all year round for flowers to thrive. While you are in the city, visit the Butchart Gardens, the most famous garden on Vancouver Island, with about one million visitors a year. It is also among the best botanical gardens in BC. Abkhazi Garden is a small gem on Vancouver Island.
Victoria Butterfly Gardens is a fantastic destination for tourists who love walking through a tropical jungle. It is a famous destination for its various butterflies, moths, tropical plants, birds, fish, and reptiles.
But the beauty of Victoria's gardens isn't the only eye-catching scene you can have. Vancouver Island features fantastic gardens in Nanaimo, Comox, Qualicum Beach, and other areas.
Milner Gardens & Woodland is among the top ten public gardens in Canada.
Kitty Coleman Woodland Gardens is home to plenty of native plants, wildflowers and birds. It features one of the largest collections of rhododendrons in Western Canada, with over 3000 plantings. Tofino Botanical Gardens is something that you would probably experience nowhere else. By strolling along waterside trails in the gardens and watching beautiful plants, you will touch nature.
With moderate climate conditions, Vancouver Island gardens have something you can share at any time of the year. By the way, keep in mind that some of these gardens are not open all year round, and you can only visit them on weekends. Please be aware of the opening times.
Vancouver Island offers many beautiful gardens divided into butterfly gardens, botanical gardens, zoology gardens, and historic gardens. You can find different collections in each, like flowers, sculptures, birds, insects, etc.
1. The Butchart Gardens
2. Milner Gardens & Woodland
3. Victoria Butterfly Garden
4. Wildwood Waterscape
5. Tofino Botanical Garden
6. The Garden at HCP
7. The Garden on Anderton
8. Kitty Coleman Woodland Gardens
9. Butterfly World Coombs
10. Finnerty Gardens
11. Paradise Plants Garden Centre
12. Ronning's Garden
All Vancouver Island gardens are suitable for family members, from kids to elders, and even wheelchair users will experience accessible excursions in the gardens. But some of them are more suitable and attractive for children. These gardens are as follows:
1. Victoria Butterfly Gardens
2. The Butchart Gardens
3. Abkhazi Garden
4. Japanese Garden
5. Ronning's Garden
6. Rose Garden
7. Gardens on Anderton
8. Lokier Garden
9. Tofino Botanical Garden
10. Finnerty Gardens