If you don't have your own set of wheels, bus route No. 75 services the garden (though a car or taxi will cut your travel time in half). You can find more information on the Butchart Gardens website.

Other sights to see on a stroll around the Butchart Gardens are majestic maple trees and lacquered bridges in the Japanese Garden, an impressive collection of 2,500 rose bushes – in bloom from ...