Day trip to Victoria BC and Butchart Gardens

Victoria, BC, on Tue May 13 at 7:30AM

Tuesday 7:30 am. Meet in Esprit Lobby. Passport or Enhanced Drivers License is required for entry to Canada and return to USA.

Victoria BC Trip and High Tea at Butchart Gardens

Costs are NOT included in your Esprit registration.

This year we will again travel to beautiful British Columbia for High Tea and a full day of sightseeing. You will want to wear your finest frock (the Gardens has a dress code) and of course a beautiful hat. An extra bag is suggested to carry walking shoes as a tour of the various gardens involves plenty of walking. When we disembark from the Coho ferry, we board a cab to convey us 14 miles north to the Gardens. There will be plenty of time to take in the Gardens either before or after High Tea.

Of course, you can join the group just for the ferry, enjoy Victoria and meet back up for the return trip.

The Gardens

The Butchart Gardens is one of the world's premier floral show gardens. Jennie Butchart began to shape this magnificent landscape in 1904. She established, in the style of the grand estates of the period, several distinct gardens to evoke a range of aesthetic experiences. An abandoned limestone quarry was transformed into the dramatic Sunken Garden, a reflection of the early 20th-century beautification movement and an exceptional achievement in Canadian gardening history. Through successive generations of the Butchart family, The Gardens has retained much of its original design, and continues the Victorian tradition of seasonally changing the outstanding floral displays covering more than twenty acres!!.

Presenter Info

Jan Jeffries