Vancouver Sun gardening columnist Brian Minter finds a world of inspiration in the spring plantings at The Butchart Gardens.

Travel & Outdoors Butchart Gardens near Victoria on Vancouver Island blooms with color in spring Updated: Mar. 25, 2015, 11:00 a.m. | Published: Mar. 25, 2015, 10:00 a.m.

W hen planning trips to public gardens, most of us tend to think of spring or summer as being the best time for a visit. Yet we’re often neglecting one of the prettiest seasons in a garden: the ...

The Sunken Garden bursts with pansies, tulips and daisies in early spring, later replaced by rhododendrons and fruit blossoms. Photo courtesy of Butchart Gardens ...

A few weeks ago during a trip to Seattle, I visited renowned Butchart Gardens, a regular on the lists of great public gardens in the world. It is located on Vancouver Island, 14 miles north of ...

A bucket-list trip for many gardeners is Butchart Gardens in British Columbia. The former limestone quarry is a veritable Disneyland for plant lovers, a sea of color that delights the senses.

Here's a comment and my reply to my previous mention of the Butchart Gardens. I plan to write a full story about the garden next spring, when Oregonians are making their plans for summer travel.

Butchart Gardens is the premier attraction in British Columbia's provincial capital, a delightful "city of flowers" situated beside the Juan de Fuca Strait at the southeast tip of Vancouver Island.

So I spent some time looking at the website for Butchart Gardens on Vancouver Island in Canada for a little Spring fix.

The gardens’ magical quality attracts more than 1 million visitors each year. Beyond magic, the gardens are a demonstration of skillful landscaping, planning and nursery work.