September 24, 2011
11am-3pm
Free

Building on the success of our popular spring plant sale the UBC Botanical Garden's Friends of the Garden group has added a new sale to the event calendar.

The Treasured Bulb Sale will offer a wide range bulbs for sale, from Garden favourites to specialty bulbs. Bulbs for beginners as well as collectors will be featured. Some sources for bulbs include: Private Gardens, Lohbrunner Alpine Garden at UBC Botanical G., Warmerdam's in Bradner, Dix and Van Noorte's of Holland, Hans Rhoemer of Vancouver island. Some bulbs for sale will include Trillium spp, Erythronium, Roscoea, Leucojum, Bletilla, Paris, Crocus spp and more. The Shop in the Garden will also open with lots of accessories and tools for bulb planting.

To make this a fun event, and to play up the event's theme that bulbs are "buried treasure" we are offering free entry to the Botanical Garden for those that arrive in costume. (Entry to the sale, which is located in the garden's entrance area is free for all but regular admission applies for those that would like to enter the garden, except those in costume).

Tours on the Greenheart Canopy Walkway will also be offered at a special discount on the event day for those that would like to "walk the plank."

The event will also feature a children's area with a treasure chest full of nodding onion bulbs (allium cerium) for children to reach into and select a bulb to pot up. There will also be face painting, pirate hat crafts and stickers for little buccaneers.

Schedule:
The event sale will start at 11am and end at 3pm on September 24, 2011. Free.

Tea and Talks :
Learn while you sip! Includes tea and baked goods provided by the Friends of the Garden volunteers. Tickets are $5 and can be purchased at the event ahead of your selected time slot.
11:30 Charis Siebenga, a representative from Van Noort's Bulb Co.: Bulbs and the vermin that love them (or how to protect your investment)
12:30 Ian Gillam: Small bulbs I have known
1:30 Judy Newton: Where to plant bulbs in the garden
2:30 Hugh Daubeny: Native Bulbs
 
Planting Demonstrations:
Planting demonstrations will inspire you to put together complimentary colours and bulbs that will bloom at the same time. After you've been inspired bulbs, as well as planting supplies like soil and pots are available for purchase. Demonstrations are free.

12:00 Judy Newton
1:00 Van Noorte's Bulb Co. representative  
2:00 Van Noorte's Bulb Co. representative         
 
Food:
Pirates will be selling and serving up hot dogs and coffee to ship mates that come ashore.

Parking and Bicylces:
There will be ample parking available in the Garden's parking lot located at the entrance. There are also bike racks located at the garden entrance, and after the bike racks are full there is ample room to lock bicycles to the front fence.