Depending on the season, from 300 to 600 staffers — including 50 to 70 gardeners — work to maintain the gardens, making the gardens one of the largest employers on Vancouver Island.

VICTORIA, B.C. — A new carousel has opened at Butchart Gardens on Vancouver Island, and it’s all lit up for Christmas.

But if I had, The Butchart Gardens would have been at the top of the list. Last spring Jack and daughter Zoe and I took an Alaskan cruise which began in Anchorage and ended in Vancouver.

Our timeline at Butchart Gardens did not allow for a snow cone stop, nor did I even consider waiting in line for the bathroom. Our only stop was to ride the carousel. One of Dad’s many mottos is ...

Butchart Gardens is beautiful year round. The Christmas Light Displays are especially wonderful. In this video, I tour Butchart Gardens during the Winter Christmas Light Display and enjoy ...

We assume Sam Rubin’s favorite place is the KTLA anchor desk, but it’s actually hundreds of miles north of Hollywood. The Butchart Gardens is a group of beautiful, lush gardens located near ...

The Vancouver park board has made two of the city’s best-known green spaces free for all Indigenous people. “Any individual who self-identifies as Indigenous, First Nations, Métis or Inuit ...