BJ's Garden Gate

Mardi enjoys the story about BJ's passion for English gardens and how that inspired the B&B owners, BJ and Frank Paton, to build this waterfront Victorian style Bed and Breakfast.

While on a driving trip through the Sequim Dungeness Valley (known to pilots as the Blue Hole), on their way to Butchart Gardens in Victoria B.C., they fell in love with the area's beauty and the notion of how the Olympic Mountains keeps the rain at bay on this part of the North Olympic Peninsula. For the Paton's there was nothing left to do but quit their corporate life and build BJ's Garden Gate! BJ and Frank have also traveled extensively in Europe, staying in bed and breakfasts, visiting castles and touring gardens. The European experience (and learning what B&B travelers' value) was simply in their blood. Mix European charm with southern hospitality and you begin to get the picture of why they listened to their hearts that day. It's a feeling you too will come to know when you visit.

I read about the inn in a garden magazine and couldn't wait to see the gardens for my self--sure wasn't disappointed either!