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Apple Festival Recap – October 19&20, 2024
The 33rd Annual Apple Festival at UBC Botanical Garden welcomed thousands of enthusiastic visitors who embraced the harvest season with smiles, umbrellas, and an unwavering love for apples that remained strong despite the rain. The downpour might have been relentless, but the community spirit shone even brighter, transforming the weekend into a vibrant celebration of […]
Heritage and Heart
Experience 33 Years of Community and Tradition at UBC Botanical Garden Apple Festival Let’s explore the curiosity, community, and celebration surrounding the Apple Festival, highlighting how passion has driven its success as it enters its 33rd year. A Fundraising Event Organized by the Friends of the Garden. Thirty-three years ago, on October 18, 1991, something […]
ANTICIPATION: Countdown to Apple Festival
With just a few days left until the highly anticipated 33rd Annual Apple Festival at UBC Botanical Garden, excitement is building fast! Lisa Vogt, Chair of the Apple Festival 2024, has nothing but pure enthusiasm for the event. “Anticipation!” is what Lisa feels, the most, about this year’s festival. “We’ve got an amazing lineup this […]
October in the Garden 2024
Apples, to nobody’s surprise, are among the most popular of fruits. The genus to which apples belong—Malus—is well known in horticulture, both for the orchard apple (Malus domestica), of which there are a staggering seventy-five hundred known cultivars, and the crab apples (or crabs), whose foliage, flowers and fruits are often remarkably ornamental. Among the […]
What to expect at the 33rd annual Apple Festival October 19 & 20, 2024!
UBC Apple Festival Tickets Volunteer at Apple Festival! Get ready to immerse yourself in a day full of fun, flavour, and fantastic experiences at UBC Botanical Garden Apple Festival! Running from 11am-4pm the Saturday and Sunday following Thanksgiving, the garden event is perfect for families, foodies, and anyone who enjoys a good time surrounded by […]
Branching Out 2024 Recap
As the Vancouver Pride Festival approaches, UBC Botanical Garden hosted a sold-out, adult only evening event designed to bring nature lovers in the LGBTQ2S+ community together to celebrate pride, hang out on the Greenheart TreeWalk, and learn about plants in the garden with our lovely horticultural staff. The event was entirely free for guests, with donations […]
Uniting for Nature: Highlights from Biodiversity Days 2024
Read about our fourth annual Biodiversity Days celebration, and how the many branches of our community joined together to share knowledge on all things biodiversity! As a new Sustainability and Community Programs student at UBC Botanical Garden, May was an exciting time to start my first month on the team and dive right into Biodiversity […]
July in the Garden 2024
A summertime visit to the Botanical Garden is a singular pleasure. When the temperatures finally rise to something resembling summer heat (hopefully this will happen in July), the forested paths of the woodland areas of the Garden beckon visitors to enjoy a cool respite from the sun. It’s easy to while away the hours sitting […]
Gift Ideas for Father’s Day
Gifts from UBC Botanical Garden’s Shop in the Garden and Garden Centre offer a special touch of nature and sustainability for that botanical-loving Father. Gifts from UBC Botanical Garden’s Shop in the Garden and Garden Centre not only celebrate Father’s Day but also support conservation efforts and promote appreciation for the biodiverse world: Botanical Games […]
June in the Garden 2024
I should start this month’s despatch by correcting a mistake from the May 2024 in the Garden entry, which stated that Rhododendron decorum subspecies diaprepes ‘Gargantua’ “started flowering in mid-April,” which it did not. As is its normal habit, it will be in glorious bloom in June. Mea culpa. In my defence, I was still […]