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Christmas Tree Chipper Event (2007-2008)
Category(-ies): 2008 Archives
Be sustainable - Chip-In!
After the holidays, drop off your undecorated Christmas tree at UBC Botanical Garden to be recycled into mulch for the Garden.
Date: Thursday December 27, 2007 to Sunday January 6, 2008
Time: 8:00am to 5:00pm daily
Location: UBC Botanical Garden parking lot, at 6804 South West Marine Dr.
Event Description: Drop off your clean, undecorated Christmas tree at the UBC Botanical Garden parking lot (follow on-site signs to drop off location), and your tree will be chipped into mulch for Garden paths instead of filling local landfills with this re-useable resource. Please remove all decorations, stands, bags and ropes. No yard trimmings, just Christmas trees. All dates and times are self-serve drop off with the exception of Saturday January 5, 2008 from 12:00pm to 2pm, when staff members will be available to assist.
Your help is mulch appreciated!
Please Note: Donations for the Education and Outreach Program are greatly appreciated. UBC Land & Building Services, UBC Plant Operations, UBC Campus Security and UBC Botanical Garden & Centre for Plant Research proudly sponsor this event. For information please call (604) 690-5375.
See the poster: 2007-2008 Christmas Tree Chipper Event
Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 2:57 PM on December 15, 2007
2007 December Holiday Hours
Category(-ies): 2007 Archives , Local Interest
UBC Botanical Garden will be closed on the afternoon of Dec 23 to Dec 26 inclusive. It will reopen on December 27 until January 6th from 8am to 5pm, after which regular winter hours will resume.
Nitobe Memorial Garden will be closing on the afternoon of December 21 and reopening on the morning of January 2 with its regular winter hours.
The Shop in the Garden will be open until the afternoon of December 23. It will reopen on January 13 with its regular winter hours.
Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 2:33 PM on December 14, 2007
Index Seminum 2007
Category(-ies): Index Seminum
The UBC Botanical Garden Index Seminum, or Seed List, is published biennially. The seeds were collected in 2007 and are offered for exchange with other botanical gardens, arboreta and other scientific institutions.
Progeny raised from these seeds may not be used to generate commercial profit unless benefits are equitably shared with the countries of wild origin, under the terms and spirit of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
Index Seminum 2007 (PDF format)
Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 1:53 PM on December 14, 2007
