BC Transit - Victoria Regional Transit System operates a bus from Victoria to Butchart Gardens hourly. Tickets cost $2 and the journey takes 31 min. The number 75 bus makes the roughly 65-minute trip from downtown Victoria to The Butchart Gardens at various times of day. At other times, it is necessary to take bus 6, 30 or 31 from downtown to the Royal Oak exchange to connect with the 75. There are also direct shuttles you can take from downtown Victoria to the gardens