Hatley Gardens at Royal Roads University

Your staycation list would not be complete without a visit to Hatley Gardens at Royal Roads University in Colwood, where in 1912 the Dunsmuirs envisioned a series of ‘garden rooms’ as they designed their estate. ITALIAN GARDEN: Escape to Tuscany in the romantic Italian Garden with its elegant terrace covered in wisteria. A wander through the garden will reveal statues of Pomona, Ceres, Flora and Hebe. JAPANESE GARDEN: Exhale your worries in the peaceful Japanese Garden with its graceful arched bridge over the lake surrounded by Japanese maples, flowering cherries and towering pink rhododendrons. ROSE GARDEN: Step into the Rose Garden and be carried back to simpler times surrounded by the fragrance and soft colours of dozens of beautiful varieties of the worlds most iconic flower. Learn more at colwood.ca/HatleyGardens