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Vitamin N: Natural Wonders at UBC Botanical Garden
PlayStations, iPads, and social media have replaced nature as a source of entertainment in the lives of many children and adults in today’s western society. We are constantly bombarded with text messages, emails and media updates in our private and corporate lives. Although we think we are more connected than ever before, our connection to […]
Rhododendrons
Throughout the modern history of UBC Botanical Garden, rhododendrons have been a high collection priority. The Garden began propagating rhododendrons in 1964 with the majority of the material for propagation derived from larger estates and gardens in the UK. Peter Wharton joined the staff of the garden in 1975 and was assigned to the continued […]
Maples
Despite its small size, UBC Botanical Garden is well known for the diversity and quality of its plant collections. The conditions at UBC are ideal for the cultivation of a large number of temperate plant groups, and the garden has a history of growing plants from documented, wild-collected—that is, known-provenance—seeds. Wild species in the genus […]
Bamboos
Bamboos are members of the grass family (Poaceae) in the subfamily Bambusoidiae, a group characterized by thickened, woody stems known as culms. Native to mostly tropical and warm temperate regions of the world, bamboos range from diminutive groundcovers less than 20 cm tall to tropical forest giants 30 m tall with culms more than 30 […]
Why Are Crows Ruining My Lawn! (a.k.a. Living with European Chafer Beetle in Vancouver)
Kerrie van Gaalen, one of UBC Botanical Garden’s staff members has written a helpful and informative article on on European Chafer Beetles and how to combat them.