Ubc Botanical Garden

It is surely a sign of a new age dawning. The theme of this year’s annual plant sale A Growing Affair at the University of British Columbia Botanical Garden is food. “Growing food, biodiversity and sustainable food sources is theme of the year at the Alastair Bruce Macdonald, a former director of ubc botanical garden, has passed away following a long illness. Macdonald came to Canada in 1980 to take on the role of associate director at the Botanical Garden, with responsibility for horticulture and The ubc botanical garden is a somewhat hidden (but sizeable) jewel at the intersection of SW Marine Drive and W16th Avenue. The garden sprawls over 110 wildly distinctive acres, with, at one extremity, an Asian garden with rare rhododendrons, and at So what’s to see at these gardens? The ubc botanical garden and Centre for Plant Research Time Required for a Visit: It takes an avid plantsperson about 4+ hours to comb through every trail and closely examine all the plantings, both new and old. The program has been designed and initiated by Douglas Justice, curator of collections and associate director of the UBC Botanical Garden, and Patrick Lewis, the director of UBC Biodiversity Collections, which includes the Beaty Museum and the UBC The UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research, including the Nitobe Memorial Garden, have joined the Faculty of Science. The transfer of these major venues to UBC Science creates a cluster of biodiversity and natural history related attractions .

Buildings are habitats, but trees are alive,” says Taffe, whose Aeriosa will be performed in the towering grand firs around the new Greenheart Canopy Walkway at the UBC Botanical Garden this week. She’s speaking to the Straight right before rehearsal The Greenheart Canopy Walkway is inside the University of British Columbia’s Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research (botanicalgarden.ubc.ca) in Vancouver, B.C. Entrance and parking is at the reception center at 6804 S.W. Marine Drive. Open daily There’s an apple for every eye at UBC’s annual fall celebration happening at its botanical garden this weekend. The Apple Festival shows off every aspect of the tasty fruit from tree to table with many varieties available for growing, tasting and buying. As an added bonus, several of the upcoming events aim to raise money for schools or other charities. The UBC Botanical Garden at 6804 Southwest Marine Dr. is hosting its Christmas tree recycling fundraiser from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. until Jan. 9. .

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