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2009 December Holiday Hours
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UBC Botanical Garden will be open by donation from December 25 to January 3 inclusive. The gatehouse will reopen on January 4 for regular winter hours and fees.
Nitobe Memorial Garden will be closed from December 25 to January 3 inclusive. It will reopen on the morning of January 4 with its regular winter hours.
The Shop in the Garden will be closed from December 24 to January 17. It will reopen on January 18 with its regular winter hours.
The Greenheart Canopy Walkway will be closed from December 25 to January 4. It will reopen on January 5 with its regular winter schedule.
Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 2:00 PM on December 10, 2009
Christmas Tree Recycling (2009/2010)
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Christmas Tree Recycling at UBC Botanical Garden
Dates: Saturday December 26, 2009 to Sunday January 10, 2010
Time: 9:30am to 4:30pm daily
Location: UBC Botanical Garden parking lot, at 6804 South West Marine Dr. (first left after 16th Ave. when driving north on SW Marine Dr)
Event Description: Beginning this year, all donations raised through the UBC Botanical Garden's Christmas tree recycling program will be directed to support educational projects at local schools. This year we are supporting the development of a heritage food garden for SPG Childcare / Quilchena Elementary. Gardens provide children with hands-on learning opportunities, and nurture an understanding and respect for the environment, food, health and the cycles of life.
Be sustainable and drop off your Christmas tree to be chipped into mulch that will be used on UBC Botanical Garden trails. Please remove all decorations, tree stands, lights and tinsel. Christmas trees only please (no yard trimmings, as potential invasive plants can harm the Garden). Submit your donations in the drop box when you drop off your tree (suggested donation $5).
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Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 1:41 PM on December 10, 2009
Index Seminum 2009
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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.
Wild collection data is available on request. All seeds are the result of open pollination and cannot be guaranteed to come true from seed. Seeds will be dispatched in the order of requests received as long as supplies last.
Please see UBC Botanical Garden's 2009 Index Seminum (PDF format) for the seed list and additional details.
Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 2:17 PM on December 8, 2009
