UBC Botanical Garden wins campus sustainability contest
UBC Botanical Garden is one of three winners in a campus-wide contest to reduce UBC’s energy use during the 2018/2019 holiday season.
Apple Festival 2018 was a huge success!
The 27th UBC Apple Festival was a huge success thanks to more than 18,800 visitors and volunteers that participated in festivities at UBC Botanical Garden on Oct. 13 & 14.
Birds of UBC Botanical Garden
We have launched a new bird brochure that highlights the birds you can find at UBC Botanical Garden
Construction Update
Pathway restoration and upgrade has been completed in the David C. Lam Asian Garden.
Interpretive Signs in the Garden
Discover highlights, facts & history from the Garden with our new interpretive signage.
Garden Days: 100 Years of Plants and People
When institutions have big milestones, like the 100th birthday of the UBC Botanical Garden, the anniversary can seem intangible. What exactly is being celebrated and why? The Garden Days event I helped to organize on the weekend of June 17-19 gave me a small taste of what it takes for an institution to endure 100 […]
Renewal of the Espalier Fruit Tree Collection
By Richard Hallman, UBC Botanical Garden Pomologist in Residence UBC Botanical Garden was established on the UBC campus in 1916. The Garden is now celebrating its 100th anniversary, but it wasn’t until the 1960s that the Garden moved to its current location on Southwest Marine Drive. The first of the espalier fruit tree collection was […]
An Evening with Dr. Tsunenori Nitobe
UBC Botanical Garden, the Nitobe Memorial Garden and the Nikkei National Museum and Cultural Centre are pleased to host a presentation by Dr. Tsunenori Nitobe from the Nitobe Shrine and Museum in Towada-shi. Dr. Nitobe will present “Dr. Inazo Nitobe and His Efforts to Build East-West Relations,” a discussion about the Nitobe family history, the […]
The Garden Welcomes Dr. Loren Rieseberg
UBC Botanical Garden is pleased to announce that Dr. Loren Rieseberg has joined the Garden as Associate Director, Research.
Neonics in our neighbourhoods?
What are the dangers of using neonics to combat the chafer beetle?