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Sensing the Seasons

Horticulture Centre of the Pacific44 min by bus · 8.8 km
✓ Fits your group
A garden bed with red and pink roses climbing a tall black metal obelisk, mixed shrubs and perennials behind it, and conifers against a blue sky.
Cost
Price not published
Needs confirmation
An optional 30 minute self guided activity in the gardens is available for an additional fee, and the amount is not published.
Ages & size
Grades -1 to 2
Capacity not published
Duration
1.5 hours
Year round
Days not published
Book by
Not published
Plan this trip
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What it actually looks like

Photos from Horticulture Centre of the Pacific's website
Our note
This is the gentlest of their preschool options because it works in short bursts rather than one long walk. Ask what is actually in season on your date, since a February visit and a June visit are very different outings.

What the children do

A 1.5 hour facilitated visit for preschool to grade 2 in which children use their senses in the gardens, smelling flowers, watching bees, listening to birds, touching soil and sometimes tasting something. The site says there is something to discover in the garden in any season. Program fees include entrance into the gardens, and no dollar amount is published.

Move through the gardens with a facilitator using one sense at a time, smelling flowers, watching for bees, listening for birds, putting hands in the soil and sometimes tasting something growing there.

Good to know

Washrooms are on site and most paths take strollers. The price, the group size limit and the notice they need are not published anywhere, so a call is the only way to plan properly.

Washrooms
Access to the lower classroom portable for the bathroom, snack, storytime and warming up.
Lunch space
Pack a picnic and find a shady nook.
Rain backup
This program is based outside, rain or shine, with access to the lower classroom portable for the bathroom, snack, storytime and warming up or for those extra stormy days.
Strollers
Most pathways are wheelchair and stroller friendly, but you may need extra time or assistance in sloped areas.
Wheelchair access
Most pathways are wheelchair and stroller friendly, but you may need extra time or assistance in sloped areas.
Bus parking
Buses may drop off and pick up passengers but cannot park in the lot due to space constraints. Limited parking may be available on Quayle Road.
Nearby park
Needs confirmation
Restrictions
Youths and children must be supervised. Stay on paths and be respectful of our plants. Do not step on or reach into flower beds. Do not pick flowers or fruit. Pets must be leashed, under control at all times, and cleaned up after. Smoking and vaping of any kind are not permitted anywhere on the premises.

Getting there

505 Quayle Rd Victoria, BC V9E 2J7

On foot
1 hr 55 min
too far with this group
By bus
44 min
includes a 9 min wait
Driving
21 min

The dark pin is Victoria.

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Details checked on 2026-09-03 against the venue’s own pages. Something wrong? , it takes one tap. · Venue page · 250-479-6162