Listen to episode 144 below.
Publication date: 9-8-23.
Duration: 11:19.
Host: Ivonne Smit.
Illustration: Ross Fountain at The Butchart Gardens.
Episode 144: The Butchart Gardens: hints of Canadian history
In this episode
Part 2 of your The Butchart Gardens tour! We start at te bottom of the ‘mound’. In this episode, we are confronted with dramatic changes of this place. And as a matter of fact, of the whole of Canada.
Traces of the past
The Butchart Gardens
Listen to our 3-part summer 2023 special on The Butchart Gardens!
This display garden is situated on Vancouver Island, Canada.
The gardens were founded in 1904 by Jennie Butchart, a balloon flying lady from Toronto.
Ivonne travelled to the place in August 2022 and shares her impressions with you.
More info on The Butchart Gardens
- The Butchart Gardens website
- The Butchart Gardens on Vancouver Island Bucket List
- The Butchart Gardens as national historic site on Parks Canada
- Information on the mound and Benvenuto House on Butchart Gardens History
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