The garden that love built. Enjoy this video tour of Abkhazi Garden, filmed during the epic spring bloom. Abkhazi Garden is an exquisite heritage home and garden located in Victoria, British Columbia, a city known for its wonderful gardens. Prince and Princess Abkhazi began creating their garden in 1946. This was the year they married and settled in Victoria, after living separate lives touched by both privilege and tragedy. They immediately began to develop their one-acre property, and continued to maintain and improve the garden throughout their lives together.

The Abkhazis worked together on their creation for over 40 years, referring to it as “their child”. After their deaths the Garden changed hands, and in February 2000, The Land Conservancy purchased the property to save it from becoming a townhouse development.
To visit the garden, learn more about volunteering and other information visit www.conservancy.bc.ca.
Special thanks to TLC’s Environmental Technician & Land Manager Karen Iwachow and Abkhazi Garden volunteers Sue Hara and Marg Palmer for their hard work creating this video.