The Story of Butchart Gardens
by Dave PrestonPublish: Jun 01, 1996Biographies & Memoirs History Book Overview
Once, when asked to tell her own story, Jenny Butchart said: “I don’t believe anyone would be in the least bit interested.”
But how did she turn an ugly, disused limestone quarry into the world’s most famous private garden? Over 100 years later their family continues to enrich this magnificent estate on lush Vancouver Island.
Every year, Butchart Gardens attracts more than a million visitors from around the globe,to enjoy an oasis of beauty and tranquility, and glimpse back to a world created by an unrivalled green-thumb visionary.
Filled with myth, legend, and love, this is the story of a remarkable woman and her family, and their enduring passion for the grace and beauty of the natural world, encouraged by her own cultivating hand.
It’s a story as colourful and unique as the gardens themselves, and the world is certainly more than “the least bit interested.”