- The Governor General of Canada
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The Butchart Gardens Limited
Victoria, British Columbia
Grant of Arms, Supporters and Badge
November 21, 1994
Vol. II, p. 376
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Blazon
Arms
Per fess escartelé grady of five Or and Bleu-Celeste in chief a rose Gules seeded Or between two Tibetan blue poppies (Meconopsis baileyi) proper their stems conjoined in base slipped and leaved Vert;
Crest
Rising from a grassy mound an arbutus tree (arbutus menziesii) leaved and fructed Proper;
Supporters
On an escarpment of earth grassed and planted with perennials in flower Proper two boars sejeant guardant Or gorged with a ribbon Bleu-Celeste;
Motto
BENVENUTO. This Italian word means "Welcome".
Symbolism
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