Richmond, known as the Island City, By Nature, is a vibrant, multi-cultural community with sophisticated shopping, international cuisine and an abundance of entertaining activities. The Botanical Garden offers year-round beauty with more than 40 acres of spectacular gardens. Since all of Richmond’s land occupies islands in a river delta, it has plenty of rich soil for agriculture, and was one of the first areas in British Columbia to be farmed by Europeans in the 19th century.