On 22 May 1991, Canada Post Corporation issued a collection of five 40 cent postage stamps known as the “Public Gardens” series. These postage stamps honoured five Canadian public gardens, including the Butchart Gardens.
![The Butchart gardens 40 cent postage stamp, issued by Canada Post as part of the Public Gardens series, 22 May 1991. (© Canada Post Corporation, 1991. Reproduced with Permission)](http://www.butchartgardenshistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Butchart-stamp-Canada_Post-1991-ButchartGardensHistory-1662x2161.jpg)
The other four gardens commemorated in the Public Gardens series stamps were: the Royal Botanical Gardens in Hamilton, Ontario; the Montreal Botanical Garden in Montreal, Quebec; the Halifax Public Gardens in Halifax, Nova Scotia; and the International Peace Garden on the Canada-U.S. border between Boissevain, Manitoba and Dunseith, North Dakota.
Designed by David Wyman and illustrator Gerard Gauci, 3 million copies of each stamp in the series were issued by Canada Post in 1991.