May in the Garden 2023
This blog explores the collections and plants of interest to visitors at UBC Botanical Garden.
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Event Summary: 2023 Peter Wharton Lecture with Speaker Dr. Suzanne Simard
This year’s Peter Wharton Lecture was focused on how the forest’s overall health and the impact of deforestation are acutely linked to what Dr. Simard describes as mycorrhizal networks.
April in the Garden 2023
This month’s dispatch continues our examination of conifers at UBC Botanical Garden. As promised, pines—species in the genus Pinus—are the subject of the April blog and tour.
March in the Garden 2023
This month’s offering is another exploration of the Botanical Garden’s conifers.
Erin Despard: Final Artist in Residence update
Post-residency, Erin Despard reflects on the potential for propagation to become a practice with an impact beyond individual gardens.
Biodiversity in Brackets: Reflections on COP-15 and a renewed hope for nature
Tara Moreau shares her insights into the historic signing of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework in December of 2022 in conversation with Garden staff member Lauren Jackson
Lunar New Year Market 2023 Recap
We hosted our first Lunar New Year Market this year and it was a huge success. Here is a recap of what happened throughout the weekend.
February in the Garden 2023
Following the blogs on Southern Hemisphere conifers, the February instalment is an introduction to western North American conifers in the cypress family (Cupressaceae).
January in the Garden 2023
Happy New Year! Following December’s discussion of Australasian conifers, as promised this blog post is devoted to South American ones.
Holiday Gift Guide
The buyers in the Shop in the Garden share some of their favourite gift ideas.