Band concerts held since 1890's. Alpine gardens, wildflower meadows, rose gardens, lakes, Mayor's Grove of Trees, native Garry Oak forest. Closed in 1971, the Crystal Garden lay derelict and heavily vandalized until citizen protests resulted in it being restored as a tropical display garden. Open year round except Christmas Day. Government House is the official residence of the Lieutenant-Governor, the Queen's representative in B.C. Fifteen acres of gardens open to the public include English gardens, sunken rose garden, flower garden, waterfall, pond, herbaceous borders, Victorian rose garden, winter garden, Rotary Garden of International Friendship, rhododendron garden.
Wheelchair access pathways throughout the gardens.
Free parking available. Other times of the year, call for current tour information. A National Historic Site covering 650 acres. This 1908 Edwardian estate was the home of James Dunsmuir and later of the Royal Roads Military College. A Scottish castle surrounded by old forest, Italian, English, Japanese and rose gardens.