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Spring Photo Contest 2026

Submit Photos Here This spring, we invite you to capture the blossoming beauty of UBC Botanical Garden and Nitobe Memorial Garden. As cherry trees burst into bloom, we’re celebrating spring at its most vibrant. Submit your best photo taken in the garde

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Horticulture Training Program

Interested in a career in horticulture, gardening, forestry or landscape architecture? UBC Botanical Garden’s Horticulture Training Program (HTP) is the only full-time horticulture training program in Metro Vancouver north of the Fraser River.

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February in the Garden 2026

Acer pentaphyllum (five-finger maple) As mentioned in last month’s blog, conservation of plants normally encompasses two broad categories: ex-situ and in-situ conservation. In-situ conservation (also known as habitat preservation) is normally the purvi

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January in the Garden 2026

Acer pentaphyllum Grove   The new year brings with it the promise of increasing daylight. My favourite formal greeting at this time of year is an ancient Latin salutation, Sol Invictus (the invincible Sun), which celebrates that very certainty. Ja

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December in the Garden 2025

Acer macrophyllum Much as I like to highlight the diversity of plants in flower in the Botanical Garden at this time of year—and there are plenty as I write this in the dying days of November—I have to accept that weatherwise, December is a highly unpr

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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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