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November in the Garden 2025

Fuchsia ‘Little Giant’   November is a time when garden plants often descend into subtlety. Without frost and long spells of dry sunny weather, the potential for spectacular foliage displays begin to diminish. There are some exceptions. The sweet

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Apple Festival 2025 Recap

The 34th Annual Apple Festival brought thousands of visitors to UBC Botanical Garden for a weekend of apple tasting and community fun. Live music, warm cider, and the scent of fresh apple pies filled the air as attendees of all ages celebrated the seas

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Sharing Apples, Stories, and Smiles

Each October, the Garden transforms into an apple-lover’s paradise, filled with the scent of freshly baked pies, the sound of live music, and the laughter of families exploring together. But behind the scenes of this beloved event is a group of dedicat

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Garden Ecologies Podcast

Garden Ecologies is a podcast series that explores innovative ecological practices at UBC Botanical Garden, and some of the insights and pleasures to be gained from taking a more experimental and open-ended approach to gardening.   Each episode centres

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October in the Garden 2025

Sorbus splendens Mountain Ashes   Autumn colour is mostly unreliable in the Botanical Garden, so I don’t often make a point of it, but at this time there are always tree fruits of many kinds, and looking back, I see that it is my habit to focus on

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