Garden Communications
March in the Garden 2023
This month’s offering is another exploration of the Botanical Garden’s conifers.
Erin Despard: Final Artist in Residence update
Post-residency, Erin Despard reflects on the potential for propagation to become a practice with an impact beyond individual gardens.
Biodiversity in Brackets: Reflections on COP-15 and a renewed hope for nature
Tara Moreau shares her insights into the historic signing of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework in December of 2022 in conversation with Garden staff member Lauren Jackson
February in the Garden 2023
Following the blogs on Southern Hemisphere conifers, the February instalment is an introduction to western North American conifers in the cypress family (Cupressaceae).
January in the Garden 2023
Happy New Year! Following December’s discussion of Australasian conifers, as promised this blog post is devoted to South American ones.
December in the Garden 2022
I don’t often mention the Botanical Garden’s conifers in these pages, but that doesn’t mean we don’t have ones worth investigating.
Friends of the Garden (FOGs) Feature: September-December 2022
This regular feature will highlight the activities of the Friends of UBC Botanical Garden (FOGs)
November in the Garden 2022
November is a time when garden plants often descend into subtlety. However, there are some exceptions.
October in the Garden 2022
October is often the best month to see berries and other colourful fruits in the Botanical Garden, and—hungry birds notwithstanding—2022 will go down as an impressive year for berry viewing.
September in the Garden 2022
September is an excellent time for viewing mountain ashes and whitebeams, and 2022, like 2018 (when this article first appeared), is likely to be a banner year for their fruits in UBC Botanical Garden.