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
