Nature and outdoors

Group visit to the gardens

Milner Gardens and Woodland8 hr 43 min by bus · 128.6 km

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Cost

Free

no cost at all

Children aged 12 and under are free, but youth over 12 and adults pay admission, which changes with the month and ranges from $5 to $10 for youth and $7 to $14 for adults.

Ages & size

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Duration

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Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Dec

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Plan this trip

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What it actually looks like

Photos from Milner Gardens and Woodland's website

Our note

The property is a long gentle slope and the walk back up is the part that catches people out. A shuttle cart carrying six to eight people runs the driveway and will take a folded stroller or a walker on the back, so ask a staff member to call one rather than pushing everyone uphill. The discovery backpacks are lent one per family, so they will not stretch to a whole group.

What the children do

A self guided visit to the 70 acre garden and woodland at the published admission rates, with a discount for larger groups. Groups of 10 to 19 get 10% off admission, groups of 20 to 24 get 20% off, and groups of 25 or more get 25% off. Children aged 12 and under are free at any time and youth pay $5, $6 or $10 depending on the month. Between April and September there is a free public tour every Thursday and Friday from 1 pm to 2 pm starting at the Welcome Centre, included in the price of admission, and private tours can be requested by email for days they are already open. A Garden Discovery Backpack with journaling tools, bug and bird identification cards, two magnifying glasses and a free Plant Heroes journal for each child can be borrowed from the Welcome Centre until 3 pm, one backpack per family.

Walk down the gravel, boardwalk and woodchip trails through the woodland to the gardens, the ponds and Milner House, looking at rhododendrons and towering old growth Douglas firs on the way.

Good to know

Accessible washrooms are at the Welcome Centre, the Pool House Gift Shop and Milner House, and three accessible parking stalls sit beside the Welcome Centre. Bus parking and an indoor place to eat are not stated, so it is worth a call.

Sources disagree. Their own pages give two different addresses for the person who runs the school programs, one short and one long form of the same name. If one bounces, try the other, or use the general garden address. Worth settling when you book.

Washrooms

Accessible washrooms can be found at the Welcome and Interpretive Centre, Pool House Gift Shop and Milner House. Most of our washrooms are private and gender neutral. There are gendered washrooms with stalls in Milner House. We rarely visit these washrooms with school groups or day camps.

Lunch space

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Rain backup

Our programs run rain or shine. Please discuss appropriate clothing and footwear with your students. We may cancel a program on the rare occasion that extreme weather such as high winds or heavy snow presents a safety risk.

Strollers

A 6 or 8 person shuttle cart is available to transport guests from the Welcome and Interpretive Centre down to Milner House and back. It can accommodate collapsible wheelchairs, walkers and strollers on the back. The Milner property is a long, gentle slope of trails and roadways that some guests with wheelchairs, walkers or strollers may find challenging to push back up.

Wheelchair access

The Welcome Centre, teaching shelter, and our indoor classroom space are wheelchair accessible. Our trails are a mixture of hard-packed gravel, wooden plank boardwalks, and woodchip trails. We have wheelchair accessible gardening planters in our Food Garden. There are some areas, such as rock paths, steps, and lawns, that may require wheelchair users to take an alternate route. We do our best to use wheelchair accessible routes for the whole group during school programs.

Bus parking

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Nearby park

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Restrictions

No pets are permitted on the grounds except for certified guide dogs.. The harvesting/cutting of any plant material for consuming, selling or personal use is not permitted. All plants and what they may produce are property of Milner Gardens & Woodland.. Smoking is only permitted in the designated smoking area outside the Pool House Gift Shop.. Garden admission is cut off 30 minutes before closing. We recommend giving yourself at least one hour in the Gardens.. Payment of admission is required to access Milner House, the Camellia Tea Room, the Plant Sales Nursery, and the Pool House Gift Shop.. The Welcome Centre accepts cash, debit and credit. Plant Sales, Pool House Gift Shop and Camellia Tea Room take debit/credit only, no cash. AMEX is not accepted anywhere onsite.

Getting there

2179 Island Hwy W, Qualicum Beach, BC V9K 1G1

On foot

27 hr 57 min

too far with this group

By bus

8 hr 43 min

includes a 9 min wait

Driving

4 hr 5 min

The dark pin is Victoria.

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Details checked on 2026-09-07 against the venue’s own pages. Something wrong? , it takes one tap. · Venue page · 250-740-6383