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Young Explorers Summer Day Camp - Registration now open
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Send your child on an environmental and recreational adventure at Canada's oldest continually operating university botanical garden.
Young Explorers Summer Day Camp is a weeklong environmental and recreational adventure for children aged 7-11. The camp will create life-long connections with nature, wildlife, plants, science, and the environment through games, crafts and exploration in our 44.5 hectare (110 acre) Garden, the Greenheart Canopy Walkway, and the UBC campus.
Please visit Young Explorers Summer Day Camp for additional important information and the registration page for the registration package and details regarding the registration process and cancellation policy.
Posted by Katie Teed at 8:18 PM on April 30, 2010
Spring Festival and Plant Sale (2010)
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Calling all gardeners, new and expert! Looking for hard-to-find plants? Seeking quality stalwarts that will launch a new garden successfully? Searching for "just the right" plant to fit that garden trouble spot? The annual Spring Festival and Plant Sale at UBC Botanical Garden has what you are looking for.
Speaker Series
Perennial Plants - Plants for Problem Places and More
Julie Lane-Gay, Friend of the UBC Botanical Garden
11:30am
Natural Selections - Using Native Plants in Your Garden
Dawn Hanna, President, Native Plant Society of BC
12:30pm
Bees - Importance, Relationship with Nature, Beekeeping and More
Allen Garr, Vancouver Journalist and Beekeeper
1:30pm
Growing Vegetables
Ingrid Hoff, Horticultural Manager, UBC Botanical Garden
2:30pm
Troubleshooting in the Garden - Common Pests and Diseases
Ingrid Hoff, Horticultural Manager, UBC Botanical Garden
3:30pm
Plant Lists
The Friends of the Garden are pleased to share the list of plants available at the 2010 Spring Festival and Plant Sale .
Please note: Plants are only available in limited quantities. Some plants on the list may not be available, due to extenuating circumstances (but not because of presales — there are no presales for this event — the FOGs have always been committed to making sale items available to the public first).
Every effort is made to ensure that plants for sale are not encumbered by any sale restrictions. Also, it is our intention to conform to the guidelines set out by the Convention on Biological Diversity. If a mistake has been made and a plant is for sale that should not be, please contact us.
- 2010 Perennials List (PDF)
- 2010 Tender Plants List (PDF)
- 2010 Trees and Shrubs List (PDF)
- 2010 Climbers and Vines List (PDF)
Additional information is available via the Spring Festival and Plant Sale page.
Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 1:10 PM on April 30, 2010
Earth Day Celebration at UBC Botanical Garden (2010)
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To celebrate Earth Day, on Saturday April 24th, 2010 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm, the UBC Botanical Garden will be offering the public 25% off the regular Garden and Greenheart Canopy Walkway admission rates. This discount is not in addition to other forms of discounts that are already available.
Greenheart Canopy Walkway tours will occur on the hour. The Canopy Walkway tour is an exciting aerial adventure in the tree-tops, where participants learn about the forest ecosystem, First Nations, the environment, and the Canopy Walkway's purpose and contribution in conserving natural habitats and green-spaces through eco-tourism.
UBC Botanical Garden tours will be offered at various points throughout the day. Garden tours will showcase spring features in the Garden, including emerging plant growth, spectacular smells and beautiful flowers, while participants will learn about the global plant collection at the Garden, conservation, native ecosystems and relationships in nature.
Please see UBC Botanical Garden fees for information about normal admission rates.
For information about this event, please contact 604-822-4208.
Information for school groups:
An equivalent discount is available to school groups until the end of April. If you would like information or to arrange a school group booking involving this discount, please contact 604-690-5375 or email Nadine Diner.
Directions to UBC Botanical Garden and Greenheart Canopy Walkway
Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 2:52 PM on April 19, 2010
