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Sustainability & Friendship through Food

Posted on February 29, 2016 by Garden Communications

The Food Garden at UBC Botanical Garden is thought to be one of Vancouver’s oldest food demonstration gardens. Its design and development in the 1970’s at a central location in the Garden showed foresight into the local food movement and now has the potential to serve as a focus for urban agriculture. Today, Vancouver supports a vibrant food culture that is quickly becoming a global food and sustainability tourism destination. As the Garden moves towards its 100th year, we are developing programs and infrastructure to engage the public in food systems thinking.

September 2015 in the Garden

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Garden Communications

This summer, being particularly sunny and hot, has been spectacular for fruit production. One group of plants that has benefited is the elderberries.

August 2015 in the Garden

Posted on July 31, 2015 by Garden Communications

Wow, it’s dry this year! This is a common refrain among visitors to the Botanical Garden.

July 2015 in the Garden

Posted on June 30, 2015 by Garden Communications

Summer is a time for flowers. Public displays of flowers help soften and add colour to planters and borders, and make people feel good.

June 2015 in the Garden

Posted on May 31, 2015 by Garden Communications

Following on from the “everything is flowering a month ahead of schedule” pattern of the past few months, June 2015 looks to be lock-step…

May 2015 in the Garden

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Garden Communications

Because spring arrived early on the West Coast this year (a month ahead of schedule in some cases), the normal discussion of May flowers is somewhat academic.

April 2015 in the Garden

Posted on March 31, 2015 by Garden Communications

We’re well on the way to one of the warmest springs in recent memory. A number of plants flowered three to four weeks early.

March 2015 in the Garden

Posted on February 28, 2015 by Garden Communications

Notwithstanding an unexpected plunge into freezing temperatures, most spring-flowering plants in the Botanical Garden will be three weeks to a month early this year.