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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EZP_the-italian-garden_Morgantown-BC.html
The Italian Garden is the most formal of Mrs. Butchart's gardens. Created in 1926 on the site of the family tennis court, the well known architect Samuel Maclure worked from Mr. Butchart's ideas to create the garden.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EZN_star-pond_Masontown-BC.html
This pond was designed by Mr. Butchart for his collection of ducks in 1931. Beyond is the entrance to the Italian Garden through a Lawson cypress hedge.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EYR_the-japanese-garden_Camden-BC.html
The first of Jennie Butchart's formal gardens, the Japanese Garden was started in 1906. A Japanese landscape artist, Isaburo Kishida, assisted her with the design. Under the supervision of Hugh Lindsay the first of Mrs. Butchart's head gardeners, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EY2_fountain-of-the-three-sturgeons_Camden-BC.html
Once the location of a large Japanese teahouse, the view from the fountain is a commanding one of the Butchart Residence across the Main Lawn.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EY0_rose-garden-history_Camden-BC.html
The present Rose Garden was built in 1929 and 1930 on the site of the Butchart's vegetable garden. The design was developed by Butler Sturtevant, a Seattle landscape artist, and adapted by Jennie Butchart. The head gardener at the time, Bob Ballan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EXW_organ-pavillion_Point-Marion-BC.html
The Aeolian Pipe Organ played at The Butchart Gardens is an early twentieth century residence instrument equipped with its own pneumatic player. Built by the Aeolian Company of New York this model, once owned by Vancouver department store owner, C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EXH_concert-lawn_Auburn-BC.html
Under the sponsorship of Mr. and Mrs. Ian Ross, the Victoria Symphony Orchestra performed summer concerts on the main lawn between 1953 and 1967. Conducted by Hans Gruber they featured many international artists such as Teresa Stratas, Bernard Tur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EXF_seed-fireworks-fields_Auburn-BC.html
In 1903, the land now occupied by the Butchart Gardens was purchased from a local dairy farmer, Mr. Fernie. Reservoirs were excavated in 1969 to ensure a water supply for irrigation. The single jet fountain was installed to aerate the water supply…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EXD_coast-salish-totem-poles_Auburn-BC.html
Eagle with Salmon, Orca, Bear with SalmonThis Totem Pole, carve in Contemporary Coast Salish style by master carver Doug LaFortune of the Tsawout First Nation, was dedicated on September 9th, 2004 in celebration of the 100th anniversary of The But…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EX8_above-the-sunken-garden_Auburn-BC.html
The mound in the centre of the quarry was of an inferior grade of limestone and therefore not quarried. Left intact, it provided a natural viewpoint amid the developing garden beds. Jennie Butchart planted a pair of arbor vitae (trees of life) on …