Japanese Garden — Attraction in Saanich

Butchart Gardens Japanese Garden Butchart Gardens is known for its spectacular Sunken Garden and vistas. It is so magnificent, many people don't look beyond to the other garden features, including the exquisite Japanese Gardens. A traditional Japanese gate referred to as a torii, marks the transition from the nonspiritual, mundane to the sacred such as the entrance to a Shinto shrine. Marking the entrance, the grand Torii gate invites you to step inside the Japanese Garden where maple and beech trees rustle and Himalayan Blue Poppies blossom in the late spring. Isaburo Kishida was a Japanese gardener who designed the Japanese Garden at the Butchart Gardens, circa 1910. Throughout the garden, three elements dominate: stone & rocks, water and plants. Vertical rocks represent mountains, while horizontal rocks symbolize islands. Oceans and rivers are represented by sand and gravel. Water is an essential element representing Throughout the garden, three elements dominate: stone & rocks, water and plants. Vertical rocks represent mountains, while horizontal rocks symbolize islands. Oceans and rivers are represented by sand and gravel. Water is an essential element representing oceans and the fundamentals of life. Plants not only provide beauty and colour, trees are selected for their form and autumnal colours. Moss is used to provoke the look of an ancient garden. Arching bridges are made from natural materials such as wood, logs and stone. They symbolize paths to immortality and paradise. Simple fences are often made of bamboo or wood and are lit by lanterns that light the way. oceans and the...

This Japanese Garden looks pretty nice for me!!! Was pretty wide and had lots of things to see for me!!! Including various types of plants species too!!! It was interesting me to see various kinds of Japanese styled structures among the wide Japanese Styled garden!!! I recommend you going this Japanese Garden During Spring and Autumn!!! I sent this Garden in Spring, and I totally enjoyed the scenery of this garden!!! I remember plenty of roses and tulips being flourished in this garden for sure!!! It was such a beautiful garden which I went while I was traveling into the city...

The shishi-odoshi (boar-scare) at Butchart Gardens is a very nice touch. The gardens are beautiful and well maintained, though they can be over-crowded. The Japanese Garden might be described as a British Columbian garden in the style of a traditional Japanese Garden. The fusion of indigenous Pacific Northwest flora and Japanese aesthetics is fascinating and beautiful, but visitors should not expect a purely Japanese design. Five stars for the gardens, less one star...