adventure began at the Ocean Wilderness B & B on Sooke Island. Following a wonderful breakfast, our group of eight boarded the SUV and traveled to Butchart Gardens in Victoria, B.C.Of the three previous cruises to Alaska, Dianne and I hadn't included Butchart Gardens on the itinerary. After seeing digital images of the incredible site, that wasn't to be the case this trip!
Here's some history about Butchart Gardens. Robert Pim Butchart and wife, Jennie, moved to the current location of Butchart Gardens in order to mine the area for limestone type product to produce Portland Cement.
Once the mining operation completed in 1908, Jennie, envisioned a wonderful garden area to replace the remains of the area. Her task began with moving soil that would be acceptable to flowers, trees, and wildlife. Thus, the abandoned quarry blossomed into the spectacular Sunken Garden. As the years progressed, more was added to this beautiful, breath-taking site.
Our group spent well over six hours observing and taking in this wonderful vision Jennie had in her mind and produced. Dinner, in fact, was reservations at the home where the Butchart's lived.
As twilight began somewhere around 8:30pm local time, lights on the grounds began to signal evening was close behind. Even at this point in the evening, the gardens not only remained beautiful, but provided you additional photographic opportunities.
Leaving Butchart Gardens, we made the journey back to Ocean 
Wilderness B & B for another wanted night's rest.
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