Birding at the Botanical Garden: Adapting to the Impacts of COVID-19
During regular operations, UBC Botanical Garden hosts Nature Vancouver’s monthly bird surveys, but the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent closing of the Garden earlier this year disrupted this citizen science project’s progress and data.
Nitobe Memorial Garden Re-opens July 15, 2020
Re-connect with an inner sense of peace at Nitobe Memorial Garden, now re-opening on Wednesday, July 15, 2020.
Virtual Talk Recap: The Bounty of Biodiversity
UBC Botanical Garden, TEALEAVES, and special guests met for a virtual discussion on the historical precedence of the edible plants around us and the global and individual benefits of foraging.
Virtual Tea & Talk: “The Garden of Secrets” Recap
UBC Botanical Garden and TEALEAVES presented a successful virtual screening “The Garden of Scerets” followed by discussion of how plants inspire design and lifestyle innovations.
Growing Food from Kitchen Scraps
Discover how to easily grow food from kitchen scraps with Egan Davis.
Home Grown Food: Growing in Containers
Food gardens come in many sizes. Discover how to grow various food plants in containers.
Seeds donated to Heiltsuk Nation Granny Gardens Food Security Initiative
UBC Botanical Garden is honoured to donate seeds to an initiative for food security in the isolated community of Bella Bella during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Fruitful Dark of Winter: Reflection and Poems
Read the poetry of Dr. Celeste Snowber, who recently led a walking performance called “The Fruitful Dark of Winter” through the Garden.
Collecting the Impossible moss: BC species key to charting 1 billion years of plant evolution
An international team of researchers have completed a massive effort to sequence genes from more than 1,100 plant species—an undertaking that saw UBC botanists collect rare mosses from remote corners of BC, and travel to the South Pacific to collect parasitic plants.
Harvesting Food Skills Program for Students, by Students
Food insecurity is a rising issue across Canadian universities and UBC is no exception. But UBC students are leveraging their knowledge to create solutions to food insecurity.