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.
December in the Garden 2022
I don’t often mention the Botanical Garden’s conifers in these pages, but that doesn’t mean we don’t have ones worth investigating.
November in the Garden 2022
November is a time when garden plants often descend into subtlety. However, there are some exceptions.
October in the Garden 2022
October is often the best month to see berries and other colourful fruits in the Botanical Garden, and—hungry birds notwithstanding—2022 will go down as an impressive year for berry viewing.
September in the Garden 2022
September is an excellent time for viewing mountain ashes and whitebeams, and 2022, like 2018 (when this article first appeared), is likely to be a banner year for their fruits in UBC Botanical Garden.
August in the Garden 2022
UBC Botanical Garden has something for everyone in almost any season; August—high summer—is certainly no exception. Particularly, Hydrangeas are a big part of August’s charm in the Asian Garden, and there are plenty to admire. The western edge of Point Grey where the Botanical Garden is located benefits greatly from ocean breezes in the summer. We like to say that temperatures are always a few degrees cooler in the Garden than in the rest of Vancouver in summer. Our moderate climate not only allows for a wide range of plants to be grown, but cooler summer conditions often prolong both flowering and the longevity of individual flowers.
June in the Garden 2022
Following on from Asian Heritage Month (in May) where we highlighted three trails in the David C. Lam Asian Garden named for Asian Botanists, June in the Garden follows up with four additional trails of interest in the Asian Garden.
May in the Garden 2022
For a self-guided tour, use Garden Explorer to locate plants featured in this month’s post. Select a tour in the drop-down menu. Note: see the end of the article for a gallery of photos. May brings a huge variety of plants into flower in the Botanical Garden. The Carolinian Forest Garden, which is usually celebrated more for […]
April in the Garden 2022
We are all hoping that this year’s weather will settle back into a more predictable routine where most of our early Asian magnolias will have reached their peak of perfection.