{"id":7051,"date":"2026-04-30T07:26:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T14:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wrwofficial.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/30\/cherrys-tour-of-the-butchart-gardens-the-spring-prelude-garden-part-2\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T07:26:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T14:26:16","slug":"cherrys-tour-of-the-butchart-gardens-the-spring-prelude-garden-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wrwofficial.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/30\/cherrys-tour-of-the-butchart-gardens-the-spring-prelude-garden-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Cherry&#8217;s Tour of The Butchart Gardens: The Spring Prelude Garden, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Hi GPODers!<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re back at <a href=\"https:\/\/butchartgardens.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Butchart Gardens<\/a> on Vancouver Island for one last look at Cherry Ong\u2019s late winter visit (Be sure to check out the previous posts, if you missed them: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/article\/a-lesson-in-structure-cherrys-early-spring-visit-to-butchart-gardens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sunken Garden<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/article\/cherrys-tour-of-the-butchart-gardens-the-japanese-garden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Japanese Garden<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/article\/cherrys-tour-of-the-butchart-gardens-the-spring-prelude-garden-part-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spring Prelude Part 1<\/a>). This spring has been a turbulent one in many areas of the country\u2014with late frosts and snowfall along with temperatures swinging from unseasonably high to low\u2014but no matter what your spring has looked like so far this year, we can all enjoy more of the bright color and lush layers of foliage from Butchart\u2019s indoor displays.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/27160124\/GPOD-Ong-1-Butchart-spring-prelude-garden.jpg\"><\/a>A botanical garden\u2019s conservatory is most often a humid haven of tropical plants, but the Spring Prelude transforms The Butchart Gardens\u2019 indoor spaces into a wonderland of all types of plant life. In this area, cold-hardy woodies and putting on a particularly impressive show.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/27160126\/GPOD-Ong-2-Butchart-indoor-garden.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-229046\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/27160126\/GPOD-Ong-2-Butchart-indoor-garden.jpg\" alt=\"pergola over stone garden path\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/27160126\/GPOD-Ong-2-Butchart-indoor-garden.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/27160126\/GPOD-Ong-2-Butchart-indoor-garden-700x770.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/27160126\/GPOD-Ong-2-Butchart-indoor-garden-768x845.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><\/a>Even though these displays are completely indoors, the layout of the beds and structures incorporated throughout give the illusion of walking through an outdoor garden during the spring season.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/27160128\/GPOD-Ong-3-Butchart-spring-prelude-garden.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-229047 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/27160128\/GPOD-Ong-3-Butchart-spring-prelude-garden.jpg\" alt=\"indoor spring garden display\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/27160128\/GPOD-Ong-3-Butchart-spring-prelude-garden.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/27160128\/GPOD-Ong-3-Butchart-spring-prelude-garden-700x910.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/27160128\/GPOD-Ong-3-Butchart-spring-prelude-garden-768x998.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><\/a>Spring flowers are hard to pull your eyes away from this time of year, but The Butchart incorporates some stellar foliage plants that can\u2019t help but steal some attention. The bright green Japanese umbrella pine (<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/genus\/sciadopitys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sciadopitys<\/a> verticillata<\/em>, Zones 5\u20138) in the center of this vignette is surely not being overshadowed by the bright blooms that surround.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/27160130\/GPOD-Ong-4-Butchart-moss-art.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-229048\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/27160130\/GPOD-Ong-4-Butchart-moss-art.jpg\" alt=\"moss garden art\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/27160130\/GPOD-Ong-4-Butchart-moss-art.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/27160130\/GPOD-Ong-4-Butchart-moss-art-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/27160130\/GPOD-Ong-4-Butchart-moss-art-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><\/a>Along with the gorgeous displays of more traditional plantings, there is also some living art scattered amongst the Spring Prelude. Yesterday we saw a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/article\/cherrys-tour-of-the-butchart-gardens-the-spring-prelude-garden-part-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stunning living wall<\/a> of tropical plants, but this is a fascinating twist with cut branches and clumps of moss.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/27160132\/GPOD-Ong-5-Butchart-ornamental-pot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-229049\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/27160132\/GPOD-Ong-5-Butchart-ornamental-pot.jpg\" alt=\"ornamental garden pot\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/27160132\/GPOD-Ong-5-Butchart-ornamental-pot.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/27160132\/GPOD-Ong-5-Butchart-ornamental-pot-700x910.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/27160132\/GPOD-Ong-5-Butchart-ornamental-pot-768x998.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><\/a>Even the art that isn\u2019t living is spectacular. Amongst all the bold blooms and fascinating foliage this ornamental pot is still an eye-catching focal point.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/27160134\/GPOD-Ong-6-Butchart-indoor-garden-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-229050\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/27160134\/GPOD-Ong-6-Butchart-indoor-garden-1.jpg\" alt=\"indoor garden display\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/27160134\/GPOD-Ong-6-Butchart-indoor-garden-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/27160134\/GPOD-Ong-6-Butchart-indoor-garden-1-700x840.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/27160134\/GPOD-Ong-6-Butchart-indoor-garden-1-768x922.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><\/a>Layers upon layers of beauty!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/27160136\/GPOD-Ong-7-Butchart-indoor-garden.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-229051\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/27160136\/GPOD-Ong-7-Butchart-indoor-garden.jpg\" alt=\"Butchart indoor garden\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/27160136\/GPOD-Ong-7-Butchart-indoor-garden.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/27160136\/GPOD-Ong-7-Butchart-indoor-garden-700x910.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/27160136\/GPOD-Ong-7-Butchart-indoor-garden-768x998.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><\/a>Another great shot of the marvelous layers of foliage that backdrop the spring blooms in the foreground of these beds. When it comes to foliage, what is your favorite? Do you swoon at large, luxurious leaves or are you a sucker for fine-textured specimens?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/27160138\/GPOD-Ong-8-Butchart-indoor-garden-fountain.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-229052\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/27160138\/GPOD-Ong-8-Butchart-indoor-garden-fountain.jpg\" alt=\"fountain in garden\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/27160138\/GPOD-Ong-8-Butchart-indoor-garden-fountain.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/27160138\/GPOD-Ong-8-Butchart-indoor-garden-fountain-700x910.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/27160138\/GPOD-Ong-8-Butchart-indoor-garden-fountain-768x998.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><\/a>Lots of water elements can also be found throughout the displays, from the larger garden pond we saw yesterday to smaller fountains incorporated into various beds.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/27160142\/GPOD-Ong-10-Butchart-tropical-plant-arch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-229054\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/27160142\/GPOD-Ong-10-Butchart-tropical-plant-arch.jpg\" alt=\"arbor covered in tropical plants\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/27160142\/GPOD-Ong-10-Butchart-tropical-plant-arch.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/27160142\/GPOD-Ong-10-Butchart-tropical-plant-arch-700x840.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/27160142\/GPOD-Ong-10-Butchart-tropical-plant-arch-768x922.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><\/a>Lastly, more tropical wonders are utilized to create a garden arch unlike any I have ever seen. Rather than the traditional vines that we would traditionally see climbing a structure like this, moss and various epiphytes create this vertical planting.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you so much, again, for sharing these gorgeous photos from a spectacular indoor garden experience, Cherry!\u00a0We may be done with our time at The Butchart Gardens (for now), but Cherry has one last group of garden photos from another great public garden on Vancouver Island that we will be enjoying tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>And don\u2019t forget that it\u2019s time to start seeing more spring on Garden Photo of the Day! Big or small, we would love to see the color that has emerged from your garden so far this year. <strong>Follow the directions below to submit your photos to Garden Photo of the Day!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><strong>We want to see YOUR garden!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Have photos to share? 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