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Apple Festival Recap – October 19&20, 2024

Posted on November 5, 2024 by Garden Communications

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 […]
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Heritage and Heart

Posted on November 29, 2024 by Garden Communications

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 […]
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ANTICIPATION: Countdown to Apple Festival

Posted on November 1, 2024 by Garden Communications

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 […]
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Celebrating an “A-Peeling” Heritage

Posted on November 28, 2024 by Garden Communications

  Message from the Director As the crisp, cool air of autumn begins to set in, it reminds us that it’s almost time for the 33rd celebration of the UBC Botanical Garden Apple Festival! As the Garden’s director, I am delighted to invite you to our biggest annual event and what has become a much-anticipated […]
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October in the Garden 2024

Posted on November 14, 2024 by Garden Communications

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 […]
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