With its mild, sub-Mediterranean climat, fertile soils and fanatical gardeners, Victoria is known as the City of Garden.
Annual Flower Count in February every year, thousand of beautiful hanging baskets around the streets, as well as public and private
gardens in every corner of the city, make Victoria one of the most colorful and loveliest cities of the world.
There are many parks and gardens in the Victoria area, ranging from famous Butchart Gardens and Beacon Hill Park, to those small gardens in front of the Royal B.C. Museum.
Butchart Gardens
Butchart Gardens is one of Victoria's best known attractions. Located in Brentwood Bay, these gardens are 13 miles north of Victoria.
Begun in 1904 on the private estate of Mr. & Mrs. Butchart, 50 acres of gardens include the Sunken garden, Rose garden, Japanese garden,
Italian garden, Star Pond, and Ross fountain. The Gardens are illuminated in the summer evenings. Musical entertainment and fireworks are also included
in the summer activities. Festive decor and lighting displays highlight of the Christmas season.
Beacon Hill Park
Beacon Hill Park, over 100 acres at Douglas and Dallas streets,
embraces attractive flowerbeds, small lakes, playing fields and lawns that slope to the sea, and one of the world's tallest totem poles.
Thunderbird Park
The Crystal Garden, Pacific Undersea Gardens, Victoria Butterfly Gardens are also some of tourist attractions in Victoria.
Mount Tolmie Park
The Lookout at Mount Tolmie Park provides one of the most picturesque views of Victoria, Haro Strait, the ocean, snowcapped Mount Baker in Washington State.
Mount Douglas Park
The Summit Lookout at Mount Douglas Park, on Cordova Bay Road, is another superb site from which to view the surrounding area of Victoria City.
Elk/Beaver Lake
Elk/Beaver Lake Regional Park, the fresh water playground of Victoria, is located between the Patricia Bay Highway and
West Saanich Road. With a 240 hecttare fresh water lake, several beaches, and a 15 kilometers of walking path,
this Regional Park offers year-round water and land-based activities, including swimming, sailing, windsurfing, waterskiing,
fishing, hiking, as well as picnicking.
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