Joint collection of forays
UBC Botanical Garden, in partnership with the UBC Herbarium and Faculty has established occasional plant collection foray within British Columbia. For the Garden, these forays help serve the purpose of renewing the native plant collections within the British Columbia Rainforest Garden as well as develop the collections in the Garry Oak Meadow and Woodland Garden and the Pacific Slope Garden. These forays also help to provide field experience and training to students and expand the documented knowledge of the British Columbia flora.
Field Expeditions
Botanical expeditions and research partnerships are essential to the mission of botanical gardens. By exploring diverse habitats and collaborating with institutions worldwide, gardens expand their living collections, document plant diversity, and support global conservation efforts. These collaborations ensure that plants are ethically collected, accurately identified, and shared for research, education, and conservation
2016: UBC Botanical Garden partnered with staff from RBG Edinburgh and Howick Arboretum to collect BC native plants
2016: UBC Botanical Garden staff (Douglas Justice and Andy Hill) partnered with staff from the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Royal Roads University, Atlanta Botanical Garden, Université de Sherbrooke, Heronswood and Tealeaves to survey and collect in northern Vietnam.
2017: UBC Botanical Garden staff (Douglas Justice and Andy Hill) partnered with staff from Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Westonbirt Arboretum, Atlanta Botanical Garden, University of Georgia, Heronswood and Crûg Farm Plants to survey and collect in northern Vietnam.
2017: UBC Botanical Garden staff (Daniel Mosquin) partnered with The Royal Botanical Garden, Edinburgh, to collect in the Siskiyou mountains.
2017 & 2018: UBC Botanical Garden staff (Ben Stormes) collected in southern Ontario’s Carolinian forest region
2018: UBC Botanical Garden (Douglas, Andy) partnered with staff from Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Westonbirt Arboretum, Atlanta Botanical Garden, Université de Sherbrooke and Heronswood to survey and collect in northern Vietnam.
2019: UBC Botanical Garden staff (Daniel Mosquin, Laura Caddy, Ben Stormes) collected in the subalpine zone of Mt. Cheam, BC
2019: UBC Botanical Garden staff (Laura Caddy and Ben Stormes) collected in Harewood Plains, Vancouver Island for The Garry Oak Meadow Garden
2021: UBC Botanical Garden staff (solo – Ben) collected in southern Ontario’s Carolinian forest region
2022: UBC Botanical Garden (Ben Stormes and Daniel Mosquin) partnered with The Hoyt Arboretum, Polly Hill Arboretum, and Mount Holyoke College Botanic Garden to collect in southern Oregon and northern California
2023: UBC Botanical Garden (Laura Caddy and Ben Stormes) partnered with The Hoyt Arboretum and Polly Hill Arboretum to collect in northern California
2024: UBC Botanical Garden (Laura Caddy and Ben Stormes) partnered with The Hoyt Arboretum to collect in northern California.
2025: UBC Botanical Garden (Laura Caddy and Ben Stormes) partnered with The Hoyt Arboretum and Santa Fe Botanical Garden to collect in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California
2025: UBC Botanical Garden staff (Andy Hill) partnered with staff from the China National Botanical Garden, Zhejiang University, Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, The Morton Arboretum, Longwood Gardens and Holden Forests & Gardens (all partners in the North American China Plant Exploration Consortium–NACPEC) to survey and collect in China.
Americal Public Garden Association
Food and Agriculture Community
Botanic Garden Conservation International (BGCI)
UBC Botanical Garden is a data contributor to BGCI’s PlantSearch database, which provides conservation professionals with access to records of living collections across >1.4 million accessions from over 1,100 institutions worldwide.
GGI Gardens
UBC Botanical Garden is part of the Global Genome Initiative for Gardens (GGI-Gardens)—a collaborative, science-based effort to collect the Earth’s genomic biodiversity, preserve it in the world’s biorepositories, and make it accessible to researchers worldwide. UBC Botanical Garden received a GGI-Gardens Award in 2023 to support the collection and documentation of high-quality plant tissue samples underpresented in biorepositories.
UBC Partnerships
The UBC Botanical Garden collaborates closely with various UBC departments, research units, and institutes to advance plant science, sustainability, and a range of disciplines, including chemistry, genomics, geography, and social sciences. These partnerships foster interdisciplinary research, support student training, and enable innovative projects that connect living collections with cutting-edge studies in genomics, chemistry, ecology, sustainability and environmental stewardship.
- CBIRD Campus Biodiversity Initiative: Research and Demonstration
- CLL
- SEEDS
- BOTANY & BRC