Education
UBC Botanical Garden’s education, outreach and engagement programming connects people with plants and biodiversity through hands-on experiences, guided tours and resources.
Programs
Explore our sustainability and community programs below.
Grow Green Guide
Grow Green is your guide to creating and maintaining a sustainable garden or lawn space.
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Group Tours & Field Trips
Experience interactive, guided learning in nature through tours and field trips that connect groups with plants, ecology, and our living collections.
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Learning Resources
Discover Garden and educator-designed resources, plus recommended tools, to enrich learning in the classroom or outdoors.
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Horticulture Training Program (HTP)
Interested in a career in horticulture, gardening, forestry or landscape architecture? Apply to our Horticulture Training Program!
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Action For Adaptation (AFA)
Online atlas offering key environmental data to guide climate adaptation and biodiversity planning in southwest BC.
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Sustainable Communities Field School
The Sustainable Communities Field School strengthens sustainability learning and climate adaptation across diverse communities and garden networks.
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Community Outreach Program
The Community Outreach Program fosters inclusive, hands-on learning that connects people to plants, place, science, art, and nature.
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Local Gardens Story Map
Outdoor Engagement for Climate Action: A Toolkit for Garden Educators
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Library & Archives
Extensive multimedia and archival collections documenting UBC Botanical Garden’s history, research, people, and landscapes.
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Vancouver Trees App
Your go-to resource offering detailed information, images, maps, and search tools for identifying and learning about Vancouver’s trees.
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Hortline Advice
Our information line is open year-round and answered Wednesdays from 12 pm to 3 pm.
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