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Explore Our Collections

UBC Botanical Garden hosts an ever-growing collection of living plants from around the world.

Overview

UBC Botanical Garden is a place where visitors of all ages can explore and learn about plants from every corner of the world. Learn about the different garden areas at UBC Botanical Garden below and don’t forget a visit to our off-site Japanese Tea and Stroll Garden, Nitobe Memorial Garden.

Garden Explorer

Explore UBC Botanical Garden’s Plant Collections!
This site acts as a library of the plants within the Garden’s collections and grounds to support research, conservation, community outreach and education.

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Garden Areas

Known as the “Garden of Many Gardens”, each of our gardens is a living collection representative of a region of the world.

Significant Collections

UBC Botanical Garden curates a collection of ~30,000 plants from ~8000 accessions representing 5000 taxa from temperate regions around the world. Learn more about our most significant collections below.

Maples
UBC Botanical Garden’s globally significant maple collection is ranked second for conservation, featuring diverse, wild-collected species with documented provenance.
Rhododendrons
UBC Botanical Garden’s rhododendron collection, developed over decades, features extensive material from historic UK estates and Asian expeditions.
Magnolias
UBC Botanical Garden’s collection features 45 temperate Magnolia species, highlighting rare Asian evergreens and North American varieties.
Ferns
UBC Botanical Garden hosts over 100 diverse fern species, including many native to British Columbia.
Climbers
UBC Botanical Garden’s diverse collection features nearly rare woody and herbaceous climbers growing primarily on trees.
Bamboos
UBC Botanical Garden has a significant collection of diverse woody grasses of varying sizes and hardiness.