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Entrance to the Butchart Gardens Butchart Garden in Canada 2024. Robert Pim Butchart (1856–1943) began manufacturing Portland cement in 1888 near his birthplace of Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada. He and his wife Jennie Butchart (1866–1950) came to the west coast of Canada because of rich limestone deposits necessary for cement production.
(1981) Arboreta and Botanical Gardens of North America: a travellers guide HMS Press ISBN 0-919957-25-0 ^ Olds College Botanic Garden, Olds, Alberta ^ The Fredericton Botanic Garden , New Brunswick
The Abkhazi Garden was created in Victoria, British Columbia, on Vancouver Island, in 1946 by Prince and Princess Abkhazi. [1] The garden is known as 'the garden that love built' and was developed by Prince Nicolas Abkhazi and Princess Marjorie ('Peggy') Abkhazi (born Marjorie Mable Jane Carter, later Marjorie Mable Jane Pemberton-Carter) over the decades that they owned the property on ...
Many places, buildings, and institutions associated with Victoria such as the University of Victoria, Victoria International Airport, and BC Ferries Swartz Bay ferry terminal, are outside the City of Victoria itself, which has an area of just 19.5 km 2 (7.5 sq mi) on the southern tip of Greater Victoria. Victoria is the locality indicated in ...
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The Finnerty Gardens at the University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada. Finnerty Gardens is a public woodland garden located on and maintained by the University of Victoria in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Its main feature is the sizeable collection of rhododendrons artfully arranged throughout the 2.7 hectare (6.5 acre) site. There are ...
[2] It stands in the provincial capital on a 14.6-hectare (36-acre) estate at 1401 Rockland Avenue; [3] while the equivalent building in many countries has a prominent, central place in the capital, the site of British Columbia's Government House is relatively unobtrusive within Victoria, giving it more the character of a private home.