UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research

Ask Your Plant Questions

UBC Botanical Garden offers two ways to ask gardening or plant-related questions:

 

Hortline - Call 604.822.5858 on Tuesday and Wednesday from 12 pm to 3 pm to speak with a garden volunteer or student who will help answer your question.

 

Online Discussion Forums - Ask your question online (and learn from others!) by visiting our web-based plant and gardening community. Please do not send gardening or plant questions via email. Use the forums and benefit from the knowledge of a community of thousands.


Contact

Click here for hours and directions

Mailing Address
6804 SW Marine Drive, Vancouver

British Columbia, Canada, V6T 1Z4

Botanical Garden Greenhouses/Workshop/Nursery
3463 Ross Drive, Vancouver
British Columbia, Canada, V6T 1Z4

Website
Please email our website administrator Daniel Mosquin

General Inquiries

Main Gatehouse 
E: garden.admissions@ubc.ca
T: 604.822.4208
Note: Between November 1st and March 31st the Greenheart Canopy Walkway is only open to pre-booked group tours.

Nitobe Gatehouse (open April-October)  
E: garden.nitobe@ubc.ca
T: 604.822.6038

Front Desk
E: garden.info@ubc.ca
T: 604.822.3928
F: 604.822.2016

Facility Rentals
E: garden.bookings@ubc.ca
T: 604.822.3928
F: 604.822.2016

Shop in the Garden  
E: shop.garden@ubc.ca
T: 604.822.4529
F: 604.822.1514

HORTLINE (Tuesdays and Wednesdays 12-3pm)
T: 604.822.5858
Note: If you call us outside of these hours, please feel free to leave us a message, and we would be happy to reply to your questions during the times listed above.

Giving to the Garden (donations)
Faculty of Science, Development Office
E: development@science.ubc.ca
T: 604.822.3404
F: 604.822.2391

Horticulture Training Program
E: garden.htp@ubc.ca
T: 604.822.3928

 

Administrative Staff  

Carol Janeczko
Acting Administrative Manager
E: janeczko@mail.ubc.ca
T: 604.822.4186

Bookings & Administrative Assistant
E: garden.info@ubc.ca
T: 604.822.3928

June Woodward
Shop in the Garden Manager
E: shop.garden@ubc.ca
T: 604.822.4804

Jackie Chambers
Education and Outreach Manager
E: jackie.chambers@ubc.ca
T: 604.690.5375

Marilou Bourdages
Community Education and Volunteer Coordinator
E: mariloub@mail.ubc.ca
T: 604.690.5375

Katie Teed
Senior Marketing & Communication Manager (UBC Biodiversity Collections)
E: garden.marketing@ubc.ca
T: 604.834.8646
Please visit the media & marketing section prior to contact for instructions and guidelines for all media, marketing, photography, film shoots, image requests, donations and sponsorship requests.

Karen Leung
Marketing & Communications Coordinator (UBC Biodiversity Collections)
E: karen.leung@ubc.ca
T: 604.762.4908

Iain Taylor
Special Projects
E: iain.taylor@ubc.ca
T: 604.822.0416

Patrick Lewis
Garden Director (UBC Biodiversity Collections Director)
E: patrick.lewis@ubc.ca
T: 604.862.5805

 
Curators, Collections and Horticulture Staff  

Douglas Justice
Associate Director & Curator of Collections
E: douglas.justice@ubc.ca
T: 604.690.4405

David Grieser
Garden Supervisor
E: david.grieser@ubc.ca
T: 604.690.3895
 
Andy Hill
Asian Garden Curator
E: andy.hill@ubc.ca
T: 604.690.5709

Brent Hine
Alpine Garden Curator
E: brent.hine@ubc.ca
T: 604.209.2340

Tony Maniezzo
Native Collections Curator
E: tony.maniezzo@ubc.ca
T: 604.690.5868

Kevin Kubeck
Nursery Supervisor
E: kevin.kubeck@ubc.ca
T: 604.822.4801

Eric Lafountaine
Accessions Technician
E: e.lafountaine@ubc.ca
T: 604.822.0969


Research Staff  

Daniel Mosquin
Research Manager
E: daniel.mosquin@ubc.ca
T: 604.827.5773

Sean Graham
Research Director
E: sean.graham@ubc.ca
T: 604.822.4816

 
Emergency & UBC Contacts  

Emergency  
T: 911
 
Campus Security  
T: 604.822.2222

First Aid  
T: 604.822.4444

RCMP (non-emergency)  
T: 604.224.1322

Wescadia Catering  
T: 604.822.2018





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UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research
6804 SW Marine Drive, Vancouver, B.C., V6T 1Z4
Tel: 604.822.3928
Fax: 604.822.2016 Email: garden.info@ubc.ca

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