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April in the Garden 2024
Posted on April 3, 2024 by Garden Communications
2024 will go down as an exceptional year for ornamental cherries, but one of the least predictable for timing. For example, the flowering schedule outlined in the handbook Ornamental Cherries in Vancouver, published in 2014 after several years of careful phenological observations, has been mostly turned on its head. Early cherries, like Prunus ‘Accolade’, are […]
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Cherry Blossoms Through the Season
Posted on April 5, 2024 by Douglas Justice, Associate Director | Horticulture and Curation
UBC Botanical Garden hosts an abundance of cherry trees that explode with beauty throughout the spring season. Read on to hear from Douglas Justice, Associate Director | Horticulture and Curation, about the seasonality of several exceptional varieties. No matter what time you visit UBC Botanical Garden or Nitobe Memorial Garden this spring, there will be […]
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Meet author Christina Chung of “The Layered Edible Garden”
Posted on March 21, 2024 by kyu28
On March 20th 2024, meet author Christina Chung at 11:30am at the Shop in the Garden. She will be signing copies of her newly released book The Layered Edible Garden: A Beginner’s Guide to Creating a Productive Food Garden Layer by Layer. Design, plant, and tend a self-sustaining, high-yielding food garden that saves space […]
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Lunar New Year Market 2024 Recap
Posted on March 5, 2024 by Garden Communications
After 2023’s resounding success, we grew this year’s event – doubling the size – bringing in new and wonderful local vendors, food trucks, workshops, and adventures for all guests. A symbol of good fortune and prosperity, this year’s zodiac, the Dragon, is celebrated for ruling the weather and fruitful harvest (Duncan, C. (February 9, 2024) Why is […]
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March in the Garden 2024
Posted on April 3, 2024 by Garden Communications
In the March 2017 blog, I wrote about spring-flowering rhododendrons. I hope you’ll forgive me for returning to this subject, but I’ve seldom seen as extensive a bud-set on rhododendrons as they are providing us this year. Most visitors know that UBC Botanical Garden has an excellent collection of rhododendrons; at last count there […]
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