Episodes
Friday Aug 11, 2023
145: Formal designs at the Butchart Gardens
Friday Aug 11, 2023
Friday Aug 11, 2023
Listen to the 3rd and last part of our tour in The Butchart Gardens! We explore some of the more formal designs: Japanese, Italian and Rose gardens. We catch a glimpse of Mrs. Butchart’s private garden, the only part that has never been open to the public.
At the end of the show Ivonne can't resist a second view on the impressive Sunken Garden. Standing near the edge she shares her thoughts about this huge tourist attraction. What can the gardens mean to you as a home gardener or green professional?
As always, you'll find more information in the shownote.
100% English episode
Listen to our 3 part summer special on The Butchart Gardens!
Wednesday Aug 09, 2023
144: The Butchart Gardens: hints of Canadian history
Wednesday Aug 09, 2023
Wednesday Aug 09, 2023
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.
As always, you'll find more information in the shownote.
100% English episode
Listen to our 3 part summer special on The Butchart Gardens!
Monday Aug 07, 2023
143: Jennie Butchart’s Sunken Garden
Monday Aug 07, 2023
Monday Aug 07, 2023
Ivonne explores the Sunken Garden of The Butchart Gardens in Canada.
This is the former location of a limestone quarry and cement plant!
How did Mrs. Jennie Butchart turn an industrial site into this stunning garden, … in 1904?
Lots of trees and bedding plants in hundreds of varieties are awaiting us. So let’s go!
As always, you'll find more information in the shownote.
100% English episode
Listen to our 3 part summer special on The Butchart Gardens!